questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing measures to ensure that (a) the (i) location and (ii) identity of online sellers can be effectively verified and (b) information on where the item will be shipped from is displayed on the UK websites for global selling platforms.
answerText: The increase in e-commerce has provided greater choice and convenience, giving consumers access to global markets. However, this has brought significant regulatory challenges.The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 requires ‘material infor...
heading: Electronic Commerce