Baroness Stowell of Beeston: DBT: Written Answers (1)

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Written Question

Digital Service Providers: Competition

Wednesday 1st April 2026

Asked by: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Competition and Markets Authority regarding the timetable for decisions on strategic market status investigations in the cloud services market; and what assessment they have made of the implications of that timetable for regulatory effectiveness in fast-moving digital infrastructure markets.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is independent of Government and decisions on the timing and conduct of Strategic Market Status investigations are a matter for the CMA’s Board.