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Digital Service Providers: Competition

Asked by Samantha NiblettLabourDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 24 November 2025UIN 92925

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what actions she will take to address restrictive software licensing practices by dominant cloud providers, as identified by the CMA, to ensure fair competition in the cloud services market.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan

The Government is committed to supporting a competitive and innovative digital economy. This is why we prioritised the commencement 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 investigates is for their Board.

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