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Consumers: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to tackle rogue traders and protect consumers.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
19 Nov 2025
Answer
25 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to tackle rogue traders and protect consumers.

  2. 19 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Consumer legislation sets out protections for consumers. The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 strengthens consumer law enforcement by giving the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) new administrative powers, and the CMA and courts t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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