United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 4837
Microsoft: Artificial Intelligence
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29 May 2026
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4 June 2026 · Answer
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Artificial intelligence
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4 June 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Microsoft's bundling of Copilot into software licensing contracts on (a) competition in the software market and (b) costs for small and medium-siz
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29 May 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Microsoft's bundling of Copilot into software licensing contracts on (a) competition in the software market and (b) costs for small and medium-siz
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4 June 2026
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is currently conducting a Strategic Market Status investigation into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem. As part of this investigation, the CMA is considering a range of issues, including software bundling ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-29/4837
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1909882
- uk · wq-1909882 · source updated 4 June 2026