Consumers: Protection
Commons · Question 94441 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Amanda Martin
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to encourage enforcement action by the Competition and Markets Authority on consumer protection.
Answer
Answered by Kate Dearden, 3 Dec 2025
The Competition and Markets Authority's decision-making is independent of government. Each parliament the government issues a Strategic Steer to the CMA setting out its priorities. Earlier this year the government encouraged the CMA to use its range of to...