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Digital Markets Competition Regulation

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 establishes a new regulatory framework for large digital platforms with significant market power, enforced by the Competition and Markets Authority. The regime includes alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, technology transfer rules, and competition safeguards, with implementing regulations being finalised. The policy is active with secondary legislation and guidance in development.


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2026

6 events
29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Business and Trade linked

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Secretary of State for Business and Trade or other ministers in the Department for Business and Trade have engaged with Apple, Google, Amazon or Microsoft a

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Secretary of State for Business and Trade or other ministers in the Department for Business and Trade have engaged with Apple, Google, Amazon or Microsoft about the impact of Strategic Market Status designation,

29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Business and Trade linked

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, or departmental officials, have had discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority about the impact of St

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, or departmental officials, have had discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority about the impact of Strategic Market Status designation of Apple, Google, Ama

2 Mar 2026 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Alternative Dispute Resolution) (Conferral of Functions) Regulations 2026

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Alternative Dispute Resolution) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 Motions to Approve 15:21:00 Moved by Lord Stockwood: That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 26 January be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on …

25 Feb 2026 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Alternative Dispute Resolution) (Conferral of Functions) Regulations 2026

Considered in Grand Committee 16:15:00 Moved by Lord Stockwood: That the Grand Committee do consider the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Alternative Dispute Resolution) (Conferral of Functions) Regulations 2026. The Minister of State, Department for Business and Trade …

2025

5 events
9 May 2025 | Consultation outcome Competition and Markets Authority linked

SMS investigations into Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystems — outcome published

How to share your views on the Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigations into Apple’s and Google’s mobile ecosystems.

12 Feb 2025 | Consultation outcome Competition and Markets Authority linked

SMS investigations into Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystems — consultation closed

How to share your views on the Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigations into Apple’s and Google’s mobile ecosystems.

23 Jan 2025 | Consultation outcome Competition and Markets Authority linked

SMS investigations into Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystems — consultation opened

How to share your views on the Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigations into Apple’s and Google’s mobile ecosystems.

2024

19 events
19 Dec 2024 | Consultation outcome Competition and Markets Authority linked

Consultation on digital markets competition regime guidance — outcome published

The CMA consulted on the CMA’s substantive and procedural approach to assessing competition in digital markets under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act 2024.

View document · GOV.UK · Consultation document (10pp)
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Draft digital markets competition regime guidance (188pp) Draft guidance on the mergers reporting requirements for SM… (19pp) SMS merger reporting notice (3pp) Summary of draft digital markets competition regime guidance (23pp) Summary of responses to the digital markets competition reg… (94pp) Summary of Responses to the Mergers Reporting SMS Guidance  (9pp) ACT The App Association (7pp) Amazon (56pp) Anonymous 1 (4pp) Anonymous 2 (5pp) Anonymous 3 (2pp) Antitrust Section of the International Bar Association (14pp) Apple (14pp) Baker McKenzie LLP (12pp) Bauer Media Group (4pp) Berkeley Research Group (12pp) British Institute of International and Comparative Law (4pp) BritishAmerican Business and The US Chamber of Commerce's U… (4pp) Chamber of Progress (4pp) Checkatrade (3pp) The City of London Law Society (10pp) Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (15pp) Clifford Chance LLP (3pp) Coalition for App Fairness (12pp) Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems (2pp) Company active in the UK digital markets (4pp) Computer and Communications Industry Association (6pp) Consumer Choice Center (4pp) DMG Media (5pp) DuckDuckGo (5pp) Ecosia (4pp) Epic Games (63pp) Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (5pp) Federation of Communication Services (2pp) Free Software Foundation Europe (9pp) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (30pp) Frontier Economics (8pp) Gener8 (7pp) Global Antitrust Institute (23pp) Google (3pp) Guardian News & Media (3pp) Information Commissioner's Office (6pp) Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (7pp) International Center for Law and Economics (32pp) Joint Working Party of the UK Bars and Law Societies (14pp) Kelkoo Group (3pp) Law Society of Scotland (7pp) Legatum Institute (6pp) Linklaters LLP (9pp) Macfarlanes LLP (2pp) Match Group Inc (3pp) Meta Platforms Inc (14pp) Microsoft (8pp) Miroslava Marinova (14pp) Mozilla (4pp) National Union of Journalists (3pp) News Media Association (39pp) News UK (3pp) Newsbrands Scotland (2pp) Online Dating and Discovery Association (2pp) Online travel platform (3pp) Online Travel UK (4pp) Open Markets Institute and Foxglove and Article 19 (6pp) Oxera (14pp) Payment Systems Regulator (1pp) Preiskel & Co LLP (on behalf of Movement for an Open Web) (8pp) Professional Publishers Association (5pp) Proton (2pp) Public Interest News Foundation (4pp) Publishers Association (6pp) Qualcomm (6pp) RBB Economics (3pp) Roku (2pp) Santander UK (8pp) Sky (4pp) Skyscanner (7pp) Software & Information Industry Association (9pp) Spotify (12pp) TechUK (5pp) TechFreedom (22pp) TikTok (6pp) Trainline (7pp) Vivaldi Technologies AS (5pp) Vodafone (4pp) Weil Gotshal Manges (London) LLP (13pp) Which? (14pp) Yelp (3pp)
12 Jul 2024 | Consultation outcome Competition and Markets Authority linked

Consultation on digital markets competition regime guidance — consultation closed

The CMA consulted on the CMA’s substantive and procedural approach to assessing competition in digital markets under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act 2024.

View document · GOV.UK · Consultation document (10pp)
+87 more
Draft digital markets competition regime guidance (188pp) Draft guidance on the mergers reporting requirements for SM… (19pp) SMS merger reporting notice (3pp) Summary of draft digital markets competition regime guidance (23pp) Summary of responses to the digital markets competition reg… (94pp) Summary of Responses to the Mergers Reporting SMS Guidance  (9pp) ACT The App Association (7pp) Amazon (56pp) Anonymous 1 (4pp) Anonymous 2 (5pp) Anonymous 3 (2pp) Antitrust Section of the International Bar Association (14pp) Apple (14pp) Baker McKenzie LLP (12pp) Bauer Media Group (4pp) Berkeley Research Group (12pp) British Institute of International and Comparative Law (4pp) BritishAmerican Business and The US Chamber of Commerce's U… (4pp) Chamber of Progress (4pp) Checkatrade (3pp) The City of London Law Society (10pp) Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (15pp) Clifford Chance LLP (3pp) Coalition for App Fairness (12pp) Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems (2pp) Company active in the UK digital markets (4pp) Computer and Communications Industry Association (6pp) Consumer Choice Center (4pp) DMG Media (5pp) DuckDuckGo (5pp) Ecosia (4pp) Epic Games (63pp) Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (5pp) Federation of Communication Services (2pp) Free Software Foundation Europe (9pp) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (30pp) Frontier Economics (8pp) Gener8 (7pp) Global Antitrust Institute (23pp) Google (3pp) Guardian News & Media (3pp) Information Commissioner's Office (6pp) Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (7pp) International Center for Law and Economics (32pp) Joint Working Party of the UK Bars and Law Societies (14pp) Kelkoo Group (3pp) Law Society of Scotland (7pp) Legatum Institute (6pp) Linklaters LLP (9pp) Macfarlanes LLP (2pp) Match Group Inc (3pp) Meta Platforms Inc (14pp) Microsoft (8pp) Miroslava Marinova (14pp) Mozilla (4pp) National Union of Journalists (3pp) News Media Association (39pp) News UK (3pp) Newsbrands Scotland (2pp) Online Dating and Discovery Association (2pp) Online travel platform (3pp) Online Travel UK (4pp) Open Markets Institute and Foxglove and Article 19 (6pp) Oxera (14pp) Payment Systems Regulator (1pp) Preiskel & Co LLP (on behalf of Movement for an Open Web) (8pp) Professional Publishers Association (5pp) Proton (2pp) Public Interest News Foundation (4pp) Publishers Association (6pp) Qualcomm (6pp) RBB Economics (3pp) Roku (2pp) Santander UK (8pp) Sky (4pp) Skyscanner (7pp) Software & Information Industry Association (9pp) Spotify (12pp) TechUK (5pp) TechFreedom (22pp) TikTok (6pp) Trainline (7pp) Vivaldi Technologies AS (5pp) Vodafone (4pp) Weil Gotshal Manges (London) LLP (13pp) Which? (14pp) Yelp (3pp)
24 May 2024 | Consultation outcome Competition and Markets Authority linked

Consultation on digital markets competition regime guidance — consultation opened

The CMA consulted on the CMA’s substantive and procedural approach to assessing competition in digital markets under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act 2024.

View document · GOV.UK · Consultation document (10pp)
+87 more
Draft digital markets competition regime guidance (188pp) Draft guidance on the mergers reporting requirements for SM… (19pp) SMS merger reporting notice (3pp) Summary of draft digital markets competition regime guidance (23pp) Summary of responses to the digital markets competition reg… (94pp) Summary of Responses to the Mergers Reporting SMS Guidance  (9pp) ACT The App Association (7pp) Amazon (56pp) Anonymous 1 (4pp) Anonymous 2 (5pp) Anonymous 3 (2pp) Antitrust Section of the International Bar Association (14pp) Apple (14pp) Baker McKenzie LLP (12pp) Bauer Media Group (4pp) Berkeley Research Group (12pp) British Institute of International and Comparative Law (4pp) BritishAmerican Business and The US Chamber of Commerce's U… (4pp) Chamber of Progress (4pp) Checkatrade (3pp) The City of London Law Society (10pp) Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (15pp) Clifford Chance LLP (3pp) Coalition for App Fairness (12pp) Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems (2pp) Company active in the UK digital markets (4pp) Computer and Communications Industry Association (6pp) Consumer Choice Center (4pp) DMG Media (5pp) DuckDuckGo (5pp) Ecosia (4pp) Epic Games (63pp) Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (5pp) Federation of Communication Services (2pp) Free Software Foundation Europe (9pp) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (30pp) Frontier Economics (8pp) Gener8 (7pp) Global Antitrust Institute (23pp) Google (3pp) Guardian News & Media (3pp) Information Commissioner's Office (6pp) Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (7pp) International Center for Law and Economics (32pp) Joint Working Party of the UK Bars and Law Societies (14pp) Kelkoo Group (3pp) Law Society of Scotland (7pp) Legatum Institute (6pp) Linklaters LLP (9pp) Macfarlanes LLP (2pp) Match Group Inc (3pp) Meta Platforms Inc (14pp) Microsoft (8pp) Miroslava Marinova (14pp) Mozilla (4pp) National Union of Journalists (3pp) News Media Association (39pp) News UK (3pp) Newsbrands Scotland (2pp) Online Dating and Discovery Association (2pp) Online travel platform (3pp) Online Travel UK (4pp) Open Markets Institute and Foxglove and Article 19 (6pp) Oxera (14pp) Payment Systems Regulator (1pp) Preiskel & Co LLP (on behalf of Movement for an Open Web) (8pp) Professional Publishers Association (5pp) Proton (2pp) Public Interest News Foundation (4pp) Publishers Association (6pp) Qualcomm (6pp) RBB Economics (3pp) Roku (2pp) Santander UK (8pp) Sky (4pp) Skyscanner (7pp) Software & Information Industry Association (9pp) Spotify (12pp) TechUK (5pp) TechFreedom (22pp) TikTok (6pp) Trainline (7pp) Vivaldi Technologies AS (5pp) Vodafone (4pp) Weil Gotshal Manges (London) LLP (13pp) Which? (14pp) Yelp (3pp)
23 May 2024 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Commons Amendments Northern Ireland Legislative Consent sought . 12:17:00 Motion A Moved by Lord Offord of Garvel: That this House do not insist on its Amendment 104B and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 104C and 104D in …

21 May 2024 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Consideration of Lords message Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Eleanor Laing): I advise the House that Mr Speaker has selected the manuscript amendment in the name of Sir Chris Bryant. Copies are available in the Vote Office. After Clause 308 Secondary …

14 May 2024 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Commons Reasons and Amendments Northern Ireland Legislative Consent sought . 15:27:00 Motion A Moved by Viscount Camrose: That this House do not insist on its Amendments 9 and 19, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 19A. 19A: …

30 Apr 2024 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Consideration of Lords amendments Mr Deputy Speaker (Sir Roger Gale): I must draw the House’s attention to the fact that financial privilege is engaged by Lords amendments 35, 36, 42, 112, 117, 128 and 132 to 134. If those Lords …

26 Mar 2024 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Third Reading 15:28:00 The Lord Privy Seal (Lord True) (Con): My Lords, I have it in command from His Majesty the King to acquaint the House that His Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the Digital Markets, Competition …

13 Mar 2024 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Report (2nd Day) 15:50:00 Relevant documents: 3rd and 13th Reports from the Delegated Powers Committee Amendment 64 Moved by 64: After Clause 141, insert the following new Clause— “Amendment of section 58 of the Enterprise Act 2002After section 58(2A) of …

11 Mar 2024 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Report (1st Day) 15:31:00 Relevant documents: 3rd and 13th Reports from the Delegated Powers Committee . Northern Ireland Legislative Consent sought Clause 6: Position of strategic significance Amendment 1 Moved by 1: Clause 6, page 4, line 3, leave out …

4 Mar 2024 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Order of Consideration Motion 15:14:00 Moved by Lord Offord of Garvel: That the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 36, Schedule 1, Clauses 37 to 57, Schedule 2, Clauses 58 …

7 Feb 2024 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Committee (6th Day) 16:15:00 Relevant document: 3rd Report from the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. Northern Ireland legislative consent sought. Schedule 21: Pre-contract information and reminder notices Amendment 168 Moved by 168: Schedule 21, page 371, line 10, at …

5 Feb 2024 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Committee (5th Day) 15:45:00 Relevant document: 3rd Report from the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee . Northern Ireland legislative consent sought. Clause 149: The specified prohibition condition Amendment 110 Moved by 110: Clause 149, page 94, line 4, at …

31 Jan 2024 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Committee (4th Day) Relevant document: 3rd Report from the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. Northern Ireland Legislative Consent sought. 16:15:00 Amendment 80 Moved by 80: After Clause 115, insert the following new Clause— “Duty of the CMA: Citizens interest …

29 Jan 2024 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Committee (3rd Day) Relevant document: 3rd Report from the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. Northern Ireland Legislative Consent sought. 15:45:00 Clause 89: Procedure and appeals etc Amendment 64 Moved by 64: Clause 89, page 55, line 18, leave out …

24 Jan 2024 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Committee (2nd Day) 16:15:00 Clause 19: Power to impose conduct requirements Amendment 16 Moved by 16: Clause 19, page 11, line 3, leave out “proportionate” and insert “appropriate” Member’s explanatory statement This amendment would restore the Bill’s original wording in …

22 Jan 2024 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Committee (1st Day) 15:45:00 Clause 1 agreed. Clause 2: Designation of undertaking Amendment 1 Moved by 1: Clause 2, page 2, line 25, after “Chapter” insert “, taking account of analysis undertaken by the CMA on similar issues that have …

2023

4 events
5 Dec 2023 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Second Reading Northern Ireland Legislative Consent sought. 16:03:00 Moved by Lord Offord of Garvel: That the Bill be now read a second time. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business and Trade and Scotland Office (Lord Offord of Garvel) …

20 Nov 2023 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Consideration of Bill, as amended in the Committee New Clause 5 Collective submissions “(1) Where the CMA considers that— (a) the conditions in section 38(2), (3) and (4) are met in relation to a single transaction between the designated undertaking …

17 May 2023 | Bill stage Department for Business and Trade linked

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

[Relevant documents: Fourth Report of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, Post-pandemic economic growth: State aid and post-Brexit competition policy, HC 759 ; the Government and CMA responses, HC 1078 ; and the Office for the Internal Market response, …