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UIN 40692

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27 April 2020

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5 May 2020 · Answer

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5 May 2020

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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to regulate online retail prices to prevent price gouging.

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  1. 27 April 2020

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to regulate online retail prices to prevent price gouging.

    Source: Commons

  2. 5 May 2020

    Answer

    My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State met with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), business, trade and consumer organisations on Thursday 9 April to review the prevalence and impact of profiteering. The CMA has written to firms suspected of p...

    Source: Written answer

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