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Construction: Fraud

Asked by Ben MaguireLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 17 December 2024UIN 18841

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle rogue builders.

Answered by Justin Madders

There are a strong set of consumer law duties that apply to builders like any other trader in the UK, and the Government believes that dealing with rogue builders is primarily a matter of effective enforcement of that legislation. To this end DBT is strengthening consumer law enforcement through the implementation of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024. The Act gives the CMA new administrative powers, and the CMA and courts the ability to impose significant monetary penalties on businesses which exploit their customers.

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