Unfair Practices
Commons · Question 114156 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the compliance advice published by the Competition and Markets Authority for trader recommendation platforms in protecting consumers from
Answer
Answered by Kate Dearden, 26 Feb 2026
The Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) decision-making is independent of government. Each parliament the government issues a Strategic Steer to the CMA setting out its priorities for the CMA and the wider policy objectives to which it should have r...