Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 6 February 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 February 2024 (named day). It was answered by Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative) on Monday, 19 February 2024 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.

Sales: Research

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish a response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s research entitled Summary of consumer research and unit pricing analysis, published on 30 January 2024.

Answer: The Government published its response to each of the recommendations made by the Competition and Markets Authority on 24 January 2024, in the Government’s response to its consultation entitled ‘Smarter Regulation: improving price transparency and product information for consumers’. The response sets out the Government’s intention to reform pricing legislation to make pricing information clearer and more useful to consumers. The Government will continue to have due regard to the Competition and Markets Authority’s publications whilst reforming pricing legislation.

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