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Estate Agents: Consumers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that estate agents comply with existing consumer protection law; to help support effective enforcement action against rogue operators who mislead cons

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
12 Feb 2026
Answer
16 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that estate agents comply with existing consumer protection law; to help support effective enforcement action against rogue operators who mislead cons

  2. 12 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA), protects consumers from unfair trading practices and prohibits traders, including estate agents, from omitting (or providing unclear, untimely or obscure) material information to consumers i...

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