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HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Third sitting)Q Just a quick question to Tom. In your written submission, you commented on the scope of the Bill. Are you confident that it is broad enough, and future-facing enough, to cover…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Third sitting)That is really helpful.15 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you. I have one question for you, Mr Smith, if I may. We are taking action to legislate; the EU has taken action to legislate. Many other countries are not yet in that…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Third sitting)Q May I pick up on the point that you made about Match payments and Uber payments? I was not sure why there is a difference. Why is Uber treated differently from Match? Mark Buse:…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I have just downloaded your app, so you have got another customer there.15 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you very much. I just want to pick up on one of the points that you make in your written submission to us, where you talk about a timeline for imposing an initial set of…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q You wrote an article in The Times recently about fast-growing British tech firms seeing acquisition by the US giants as a viable exit route. Do you think the Bill might change…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q Professor Fletcher, picking up on something that you mentioned earlier, I want to look at innovation and investment. You said that we are leading the world in the some of the…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q Tracey, you mentioned in your opening statement that a number of markets operate differently in Scotland. I wonder whether I could ask you to expand on that a little. What…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)That is really helpful. Thank you.13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you want to pick up on that from a Northern Ireland perspective? Noyona Chundur: Absolutely. A key regional difference, both for Tracey and for me, is the microbusiness…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q I have one further question. You touched on nudge techniques. Can you expand on that and on what action you think needs to be taken? Noyona Chundur: It is when you are…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q Can you give me an example of where that is happening? Noyona Chundur: It can happen in retail; it can happen in any digital market; it can happen in telecoms. It is a technique…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q Sorry to pressure you on this, but I want to understand what you mean by a nudge technique. If I go on to a website and then I get an email afterwards, is that a nudge…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q Can I ask about the whole area of innovation, particularly for smaller start-up tech firms? What is your feeling towards the Bill with regard to the attitude that they might…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)It is a question to Dan. I am very conscious that you have sat here and not had an opportunity to say anything. Could you give us a broad overview of how the Bill might affect the…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q Can you write to us at some point and share those terms with us, so we can see the experience some of your members face? Dan Conway: Yes, absolutely. As a trade association, we…13 Jun 2023HANSARD Members of Parliament: Risk-based ExclusionI am in complete agreement: those two principles are incredibly important. The point I wanted to raise with the hon. Gentleman is one we have discussed before in the Standards…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Members of Parliament: Risk-based ExclusionWill the hon. Gentleman give way?12 Jun 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformThe hon. Gentleman reminds me of a recent situation with a development in Lymm, where the constituent asked me if I could contact the freeholder to go through the details of what…23 May 2023