United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 72079
Electronic Commerce
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29 August 2025
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4 September 2025 · Answer
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4 September 2025
Summary
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)
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29 August 2025
Written question
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)
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4 September 2025
Answer
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...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/72079
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1828836
- uk · wq-1828836 · source updated 4 September 2025