Question follow-through · 26221
Google: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility of the Competition and Markets Authority's SMS investigation into Google's general search and search advertising services, published o
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 23 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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- Small Businesses: Stone · 19 Nov 2025
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Recorded timeline
23 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility of the Competition and Markets Authority's SMS investigation into Google's general search and search advertising services, published o
27 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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28 Jan 2025
Answer published
The CMA has been given bespoke tools to increase competition in digital markets through the Digital Markets, Competition, Consumers Act 2024. Strategic Market Status investigations are the gateway into the regime and interested stakeholders can engage wit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Small Businesses: Stone
19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support is available to small British manufacturers of natural stone products to help increase their role in the sustainable construction sector.