Written question asked by Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 24 February 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 March 2025. It was answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour) on Monday, 10 March 2025 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.
Digital Service Providers: Competition
- Question
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To ask His Majesty's Government what actions they are taking to address restrictive software licensing practices by dominant cloud providers, as identified by the Competition and Markets Authority, to ensure fair competition in the cloud services market.
- Answer
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has indicated in its provisional Cloud Services report that it will recommend to its Board prioritising Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigations into Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. Decisions on which SMS investigations to launch are for the CMA, as the UK's independent competition authority. The Government will consider any additional recommendations made by the CMA in its final report, which is not expected until Summer 2025.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL5081
- Session
- 2024-26
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Software Competition Licensing Unfair practices Digital service providers
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- 2025-09-05 21:29:48 +0100
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