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Housing: Construction

Asked by Gideon AmosLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 22 May 2026UIN 1513

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has reviewed the Competition and Markets Authority’s decision of 30 October 2025 to accept legally binding commitments from major housebuilders to tackle anticompetitive behaviour and ensure industry-wide compliance; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that decision on competition enforcement, housing affordability and adherence to competition law.

Answered by Kate Dearden

The Government notes the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) decision of 30 October 2025. The CMA is the UK’s independent competition authority responsible for enforcing competition law, and the Government does not review its individual enforcement decisions. It is for the CMA to ensure compliance with binding commitments given to it and to assess their effectiveness. The Government has ensured the CMA has the tools and resources necessary to do so.

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