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Groceries Code Adjudicator: Northern Ireland

Asked by Robin SwannUlster Unionist PartyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 20 April 2026UIN 126941

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what role the Grocery Code Adjudicator has in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Kate Dearden

The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) ensures the UK’s largest grocery retailers comply with the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (Groceries Code). The Groceries Code is a competition measure owned by the independent Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).  Competition policy is a UK reserved matter. The GCA operates across the whole of the United Kingdom and regularly engages with Northern Irish suppliers and stakeholders.

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