Question follow-through · 93627
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what is the Government's proposed timeline for implementing the Competition and Markets Authority's recommendation to designate Microsoft and AWS with Strategic Market Status under the
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 21 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 1 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what is the Government's proposed timeline for implementing the Competition and Markets Authority's recommendation to designate Microsoft and AWS with Strategic Market Status under the
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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1 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Competition and Markets Authority (the CMA) has completed 3 Strategic Market Status investigations this year. The CMA is independent of the Government and decisions on which markets to investigate is for its Board. The CMA has published guidance on it...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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