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Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Government Bill

Originated in the House of Commons, Session 2022-23

Bill (5)

Full text of the Bill as introduced and further versions of the Bill as it is reprinted to incorporate amendments (proposals for change) made during its passage through Parliament.

Bill 350 2022-23 (as amended in Public Bill Committee)
12 July 2023
Commons
Bill 350 2022-23 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) - xml download
12 July 2023
Commons
Bill 350 2022-23 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) - large print
11 July 2023
Commons
Bill 294 2022-23 (as introduced)
25 April 2023
Commons
Bill 294 2022-23 (as introduced) - large print
25 April 2023
Commons

Documents to explain the purpose of the Bill.

Bill 294 EN 2022-23
25 April 2023
Commons
Bill 294 EN 2022-23 - large print
25 April 2023
Commons

The Government provide a delegated powers memorandum for all public (including hybrid) bills to justify the delegation of powers, usually to Ministers, in the bill. For reports of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, see “Select Committee Reports”.

Memorandum from the Department for Business and Trade and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
25 April 2023
Commons

Full list of amendment papers relating to the Bill. Individual amendment papers will be replaced with consolidated lists before the amendments are discussed. Page and line references in amendment papers refer to the PDF version of the Bill.

Notices of Amendments as at 6 September 2023
6 September 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 25 August 2023
25 August 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 21 July 2023
21 July 2023
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 11 July 2023
11 July 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 6 July 2023
6 July 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 5 July 2023
5 July 2023
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 4 July 2023
4 July 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 30 June 2023
30 June 2023
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 June 2023
29 June 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 28 June 2023
28 June 2023
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 27 June 2023
27 June 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 23 June 2023
23 June 2023
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 22 June 2023
22 June 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 21 June 2023
21 June 2023
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 20 June 2023
20 June 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 19 June 2023
19 June 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 16 June 2023
16 June 2023
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 15 June 2023
15 June 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 14 June 2023
14 June 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 12 June 2023
12 June 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 8 June 2023
8 June 2023
Commons

In the House of Commons, amendments are grouped together so that amendments relating to a particular topic or issue are discussed together.

Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 11 July 2023
10 July 2023
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 4 July 2023
3 July 2023
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 29 June 2023
29 June 2023
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 27 June 2023
27 June 2023
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 22 June 2023
21 June 2023
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 20 June 2023
19 June 2023
Commons

Details of proceedings in Public Bill Committee or Committee of the whole House, on any report (consideration) stage, and on any consideration of Lords Amendments or any subsequent Lords Messages. The documents contain the text of amendments considered at each sitting and show whether it was agreed to, negatived (not agreed), not called, not moved or withdrawn.

All proceedings up to 11 July 2023 at Public Bill Committee Stage
11 July 2023
Commons

House of Commons Library and House of Lords Library briefing papers aim to be politically impartial, containing factual information as well as a range of opinions on each subject. Briefing papers on Bills are produced before Second Reading and, in the Commons, after Committee Stage.

Briefing paper on consumer provisions as amended in Public Bill Committee
7 September 2023
Commons
Research Briefing on digital markets and competition provisions
12 May 2023
Commons
Research briefing on consumer provisions
12 May 2023
Commons
Briefing paper on the Bill
27 April 2023
Commons

Archive of press notices related to the Bill.

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: call for written evidence
18 May 2023
Commons

Written submissions from outside bodies and individuals are circulated to MPs appointed to examine the Bill during committee stage in a Public Bill Committee. The following written submissions were sent to this committee.

Written evidence submitted by the Lotteries Council (DMCCB48)
11 July 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Gumtree UK (DMCCB49)
11 July 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by BT Group (DMCCB50)
11 July 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Apple Inc (DMCCB51)
11 July 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by ACT The App Association (DMCCB52)
11 July 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by News UK (DMCCB53)
11 July 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Electrical Safety First (DMCCB46)
4 July 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Citizens Advice Scotland (DMCCB47)
4 July 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) (DMCCB42)
29 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Beer52 Limited (DMCCB43)
29 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Shoosmiths LLP (DMCCB44)
29 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Amazon (DMCCB45)
29 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Santander UK plc (DMCCB36)
27 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Information Commissioner (DMCCB37)
27 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by techUK (supplementary submission) (DMCCB38)
27 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by The Startup Coalition (DMCCB39)
27 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Sky (DMCCB40)
27 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Paramount (DMCCB41)
27 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (DMCCB26)
22 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Online Travel UK (DMCCB27)
22 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Motion Picture Association (DMCCB28)
22 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Microsoft (DMCCB29)
22 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Google (DMCCB30)
22 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Taylor Wessing LLP (DMCCB31)
22 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Match Group (supplementary submission) (DMCCB32)
22 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Spotify (DMCCB33)
22 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the People's Postcode Lottery (DMCCB34)
22 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) (DMCCB35)
22 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Open Markets Institute (supplementary submission) (DMCCB18)
20 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Public Interest News Foundation and Impress (DMCCB19)
20 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Which? (supplementary submission) (DMCCB20)
20 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the UK Interactive Entertainment Association (Ukie) (DMCCB21)
20 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Online Dating Association (DMCCB22)
20 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Financial Times (DMCCB23)
20 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Publishers Association (DMCCB24)
20 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Telegraph Media Group (DMCCB25)
20 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Richard Stables, CEO, Kelkoo Group (DMCCB12)
15 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by UK Finance (DMCCB13)
15 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by City of London Law Society (CLLS) Competition Law Committee (DMCCB14)
15 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Epic Games, Inc (DMCCB15)
15 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Association for Commercial Broadcasters and On-Demand Services (COBA) (DMCCB16)
15 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by The Walt Disney Company (DMCCB17)
15 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by DMG Media (DMCCB01)
13 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Natwest (DMCCB02)
13 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Consumer Scotland (DMCCB03)
13 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by GlobalCharge Limited (DMCCB04)
13 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Consumer Council (DMCCB05)
13 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Gener8 (DMCCB06)
13 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Oles Andriychuk (DMCCB07)
13 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the National Consumer Federation (DMCCB08)
13 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Trustpilot (DMCCB09)
13 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Radiocentre (DMCCB10)
13 June 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by News Media Association (DMCCB11)
13 June 2023
Commons

List of related Impact Assessments

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Summary Impact Assessment
25 April 2023
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Impact Assessment - A new pro-competition regime for digital markets
25 April 2023
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Impact Assessment - Subscription measures
25 April 2023
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Impact Assessment - Reforms to Merger Control
25 April 2023
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Impact assessment of wider measures
25 April 2023

Occasionally questions put to government Ministers during debates on Bills in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords may be answered by the Minister saying 'I will write to the Hon Member'. Such “will write” replies are not published in Hansard but are placed in the Library of the House concerned and published on the Parliamentary website.

Letter from Paul Scully MP to Seema Malhotra MP, Kevin Hollinrake MP, Alex Davies-Jones MP and others regarding matters raised during the Public Bill Committee: extending CMA’s search powers to Trading Standards, duty to preserve information ‘without reasonable excuse’, publication of a notice of a decision under clause 80 in relation to domestic investigations.
26 June 2023
Letter from Paul Scully MP to Bim Afolami MP and others regarding clarification to a response on the need for the digital markets regime to have the right appeals standard, made during the Second Reading debate.
23 May 2023

Full transcripts

Commons Committee stage

Committee debates: compilation pdf of sittings so far
11 July 2023
Commons
11 July 2023
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4 July 2023
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4 July 2023
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29 June 2023
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27 June 2023
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27 June 2023
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22 June 2023
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22 June 2023
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20 June 2023
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20 June 2023
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15 June 2023
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15 June 2023
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13 June 2023
Commons
13 June 2023
Commons

Link to the relevant section in the Commons Hansard Daily Report

Commons 2nd reading

2nd reading - Commons Hansard link
17 May 2023
Commons