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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-01-19more like thismore than 2021-01-19
answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept id 201 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2021 to Question 132902, whether it is his Department's policy that pricing strategies are a matter for businesses that are in a dominant position. more like this
tabling member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne Central more like this
tabling member printed
Chi Onwurah more like this
uin 140076 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-01-27more like thismore than 2021-01-27
answer text <p>The Competition Act 1998 prohibits abuse of a dominant position – abusive behaviour can relate to pricing strategies, for example excessive pricing or setting artificially low prices to stifle competition.</p><p> </p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority is responsible for investigating individual and market-wide competition issues in the UK. The Government has ensured that the CMA has significant powers to investigate and act if it finds that companies are behaving anti-competitively in a market.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam remove filter
answering member printed Paul Scully more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-01-27T17:14:42.597Zmore like thismore than 2021-01-27T17:14:42.597Z
answering member
4414
label Biography information for Paul Scully more like this
tabling member
4124
label Biography information for Chi Onwurah more like this