Question follow-through · 133
Retail Trade: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with regulators regarding the adequacy of consumer protection in online marketplaces.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 22 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with regulators regarding the adequacy of consumer protection in online marketplaces.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2026
Answer published
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 makes clear that online marketplaces must exercise professional diligence in relation to consumer transactions promoted or made on their platforms.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and loca...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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