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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...