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...