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.

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.