Written question asked by Joshua Reynolds (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 21 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 November 2025. It was answered by Kanishka Narayan (Labour) on Monday, 1 December 2025 on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what is the Government's proposed timeline for implementing the Competition and Markets Authority's recommendation to designate Microsoft and AWS with Strategic Market Status under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 following the Cloud Services Market Investigation published on 31 July 2025.
- Answer
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The Competition and Markets Authority (the CMA) has completed 3 Strategic Market Status investigations this year. The CMA is independent of the Government and decisions on which markets to investigate is for its Board. The CMA has published guidance on its website on how it will prioritise Strategic Market Status designations.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 93627
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Microsoft Amazon Web Services Digital service providers
- Legislation
- Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
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- 2025-12-01 17:40:43 +0000
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