Lords Communications and Digital Committee to quiz the Competition and Markets Authority on regulation of UK digital markets

The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee will next week take evidence from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) as it returns to its periodic examination of the functioning of digital markets in the UK.

The Committee will explore action taken since the new digital markets competition regime came into force in January 2025 under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act.

The evidence session will start at 2:00pm on Tuesday 20 October in Committee Room 3 of the House of Lords. Giving evidence to the Committee will be:

• Sarah Cardell, Chief Executive Officer at Competition and Markets Authority
• Will Hayter, Executive Director of Digital Markets at Competition and Markets Authority

Areas the session will cover include:

• The rationale behind the Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigations launched by the CMA to date, and work done to identify and prioritise areas for future investigations.

• The conduct requirements and voluntary commitments agreed with SMS companies so far, and how the CMA will ensure that they lead to meaningful change for stakeholders and consumers.

• The pace and ambition of the CMA's delivery of the digital markets regime to date, and the impact of the Government's 2025 strategic steer to regulators, with its emphasis on growth and inward investment.