Question follow-through · 22068

Digital Markets Unit

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Digital Markets Unit can make effective market interventions.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
8 Jan 2025
Answer
10 Jan 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Digital Markets Unit can make effective market interventions.

  2. 8 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    On 1 January the pro-competition regime for digital markets entered into force. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will operate the regime, as the UK’s principal independent competition regulator. The Government has designed and implemented the r...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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