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Large Goods Vehicles: Small Businesses

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 28 November 2025UIN 92807

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost to SME hauliers of prices set by major lorry manufacturers.

Answered by Keir Mather

Ensuring that consumers and SMEs are only required to pay fair prices is of the utmost importance and is a key feature of truly competitive markets. The UK has a robust competition enforcement landscape to ensure that this is achieved, both through public enforcement by the Competition and Markets Authority and private enforcement routes through litigation.

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