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Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: supporting documentation

Supporting documentation for legislation which gives the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) new, targeted powers to drive competition and protect consumers.

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Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill impact assessment: summary

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Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill annex 1 impact assessment: a new pro-competition regime for digital markets

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Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill impact assessment annex 2: subscription traps

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Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Impact assessment annex 3: reforms to merger control

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Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill annex 4: impact assessment of wider measures

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The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill will drive growth, innovation and productivity, ensuring that UK businesses and consumers reap the benefits of competitive markets.

This bill acts on the policy outlined in the government responses to the following consultations:

Published 25 April 2023
Last updated 21 December 2023 + show all updates
  1. A new pro-competition regime for digital markets: policy summary briefing - additional text added to ‘How the regime will work’ to reflect changes made to the Bill in the House of Commons. Competition reform: policy summary briefing - text revised in section 1 of 'What do these reforms mean for UK business?' Enhancing consumer rights: policy summary briefing - text updated to reference a recent consultation.

  2. ECHR memorandum and impact assessments (summary and annex 4: wider measures) updated in documents list. Updates reflect changes made to the Bill in the House of Commons.

  3. First published.