Large Goods Vehicles: Small Businesses
Commons · Question 92808 · Tabled 19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to (a) protect SME hauliers from pricing by major lorry manufacturers and (b) ensure access to third-party litigation funding for those hauliers.
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 28 Nov 2025
Ensuring that consumers and SMEs are only required to pay fair prices is of the utmost importance and is a key feature of truly competitive markets. The UK has a robust competition enforcement landscape to ensure that this is achieved, both through public...