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Unfair Practices

Commons · Question 114157 · 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 steps the Competition and Markets Authority is taking to protect consumers from rogue traders, including those who provide substandard or fraudulent services.

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...