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HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q On that very point, it is something that we are keen to tackle—and Mr Coyle is right to raise it, as he has done several times today. You have talked about an evidence-based…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Wynn, you mentioned schedule 18 and not adding to the list without proper evidence. Is it your position then that we should not at this point in time add fake reviews to that…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q I know you are an expert in ex ante regulation. Obviously the way in which people can appeal any intervention by the CMA or the DMU would be only by JR, rather than on the…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q You may have heard my question earlier. Some of the firms that are likely to be designated as SMS might argue that this Bill will prevent them from innovating. Do you see any…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q Noyona, you mentioned that you felt that the CMA should not be the only enforcement body that oversees the legislation. Who else do you think has the experience and expertise to…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q Professor Furman, I saw your hand up. Do you have any comments? Professor Furman: Look at the tools that the Digital Markets Unit would have under these provisions; the conduct…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q How would they game the system, Professor Marsden? What do you mean by that? Professor Marsden: They could game the system in the sense of one thing being done by just slowly…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Second sitting)Q There is a forward-looking provision, is there not, for the CMA to look five years into the future and decide whether a company will have entrenched market power then? Is that…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (First sitting)Q Would you therefore say that those kinds of worries are ill-founded and that that is not something that would prohibit an SMS organisation from innovating? Sarah Cardell: I do…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (First sitting)Q Sure, okay. Mr Upton, on subscription traps, do you not feel that the powers that the Bill affords the CMA on civil penalties will address some of the concerns you highlight of…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (First sitting)Q Even though there might be some things we have not thought about at this point in time. That would be a good example in terms of Trustpilot’s evidence. Rocio Concha: If there is…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (First sitting)Q Rocio, on your point about including fake reviews on the face of the Bill, our intention is to legislate in this area. I do not know whether you have seen the evidence from…13 Jun 2023HANSARD Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Great YarmouthMy hon. Friend raises an important point, which I will come to shortly. He is right to say that we should intervene only where there is an exceptional circumstance, such as covid…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Great YarmouthI am sorry that I cannot emulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Great Yarmouth (Brandon Lewis) by speaking without notes, but I will do my best to ad lib a little. I thank…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Teesworks: Accountability and ScrutinyIt is absolutely right that this place offers right hon. and hon. Members the opportunity to raise concerns about value for money or process, particularly when it comes to public…07 Jun 2023HANSARDBusiness and TradeBetween 2009 and 2019, GAFAM—Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft—made more than 400 acquisitions without any regulatory intervention or referral through the voluntary…05 Jun 2023HANSARDBusiness and TradeBetween 2009 and 2019, GAFAM—Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft—made more than 400 acquisitions with minimal regulatory intervention or referral through the voluntary…05 Jun 2023HANSARD Sub-postmasters and Sub-postmistresses: RemunerationI understand that cash deposit limits are a crucial issue, and we are determined to find a resolution. It is not about something imposed by the Government or even the Post Office;…23 May 2023HANSARD Sub-postmasters and Sub-postmistresses: RemunerationIt is a pleasure to speak with you in the Chair, Mr Twigg. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on securing this very important debate. I…23 May 2023HANSARD Sub-postmasters and Sub-postmistresses: RemunerationI agree. I hope the hon. Lady will forgive me if I gave her the wrong impression. I am not saying that it should be either/or, but we should leave it to customers to decide how…23 May 2023