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Written question asked by Julia Lopez (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 December 2025 (named day). It was answered by Kanishka Narayan (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 December 2025 on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.


Digital Service Providers: Competition

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help ease restrictive licensing practices in relation to software by large cloud providers to ensure that there is fair and open competition in the sector.

Answer

The Government is committed to supporting a competitive and innovative digital economy. This is why we prioritised the commencement and implementation of the Competition and Markets Authority’s (the CMA) new powers in digital markets. The CMA is independent of Government, and any decisions on which markets it next investigates is for their Board.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
94364
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Software Competition Licensing Digital service providers
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk