questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement powers of the Competition and Markets Authority.
answerText: The Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) is a non-ministerial department and is accountable to Parliament. As the UK’s independent competition authority, the CMA has discretion to use its enforcement powers according to its own prioritisation princip...
heading: Competition and Markets Authority: Powers