Coverage Check — Digital Markets Competition Regulation
Audit of public-source material that may be missing from this policy thread.
Likely missing — should be added
5 itemsThis is the foundational statutory instrument that brought Parts 1, 2 and 5 of the DMCCA 2024 into force on 1 January 2025, launching the digital markets competition regime — a core event for this thread.
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What it adds: Adds the first commencement SI, which is the legal trigger for the entire digital markets competition regime; not currently represented on the thread.
"These Regulations bring into force certain provision in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 on 1st January 2025. These are the first commencement Regulations made under the Act."
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— Digital Markets Competition Regulation
This SI commenced Part 3 (consumer enforcement) and Part 4 Chapter 1 (unfair trading) of the DMCCA on 6 April 2025, a major implementation milestone directly relevant to this thread.
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What it adds: Adds the second commencement SI covering consumer enforcement and unfair commercial practices commencement, which is absent from the thread despite being a key implementation step.
"These Regulations bring into force certain provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 on 6th April 2025 and bring further provisions, relating to consumer savings, into force on 1st January 2026."
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This SI commenced the ADR chapter of the DMCCA on 6 April 2026, directly linked to the ADR regulations already on the thread, and is a key implementation event.
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What it adds: Adds the third commencement SI (ADR provisions), which is the enabling instrument for the ADR regulations already listed on the thread but is itself absent.
"These Regulations bring into force Chapter 4 of Part 4 and Schedules 25 to 27 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 on 6th April 2026. These are the third commencement regulations made under the Act."
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Implementation of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Written Statement HCWS74)
This written statement set out the Government's implementation timetable for the DMCCA 2024 and is a primary policy announcement directly relevant to this thread.
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What it adds: Adds the September 2024 written statement on DMCCA implementation timelines, which is a key policy announcement not currently on the thread.
"The Government aims to commence Parts 1, 2 and 5 of the Act in December 2024 or January 2025. In the Autumn, secondary legislation will be laid before Parliament for scrutiny before it enters into force."
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This written statement is the Government's response to the dynamic pricing/live events call for evidence that is already on the thread (June 2025 project update), completing that policy lifecycle.
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What it adds: Adds the November 2025 written statement concluding the dynamic pricing/live events call for evidence, which closes the loop on the June 2025 dynamic pricing update already on the thread.
"Based on current evidence and given that price transparency is already enshrined in consumer law, the Government do not intend to bring forward any new legislative proposals on pricing practices in the live events sector."
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Related but separate issue
1 itemLow confidence — needs review
2 itemsThis written question and answer on DMCCA enforcement against major digital platforms is directly relevant to the thread's subject matter.
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What it adds: Adds a Lords written question on DMCCA enforcement, providing parliamentary scrutiny of the digital markets regime's implementation.
"To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to enforce the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 to prevent anti-competitive practices by major digital platforms."
This GOV.UK collection page for the Digital Markets Unit contains announcements about new SMS investigations (e.g. Microsoft) that may warrant separate thread entries.
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What it adds: Signals new SMS investigation into Microsoft's business software ecosystem announced for May 2026, which is a new policy event not yet on the thread.
"A decision to launch a strategic market status (SMS) investigation into Microsoft's business software ecosystem, that will also allow the CMA to examine cloud licensing."
Already covered in this thread
4 itemsThis consultation on secondary legislation to implement the DMCCA subscription contracts regime is a direct output of the Act and belongs on this thread.
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What it adds: Adds the subscription contracts implementation consultation (Nov 2024–Feb 2025), which is a distinct consultation from the subscriptions written statement already on the thread.
"The DMCCA sets out a legislative regulatory framework to strengthen protections for consumers when they enter a subscription contract. The consultation ran from 18 November 2024 to 10 February 2025."
This is the published outcome of the subscription contracts implementation consultation, a key policy document for the DMCCA implementation lifecycle on this thread.
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What it adds: Adds the April 2026 government response to the subscription contracts consultation, which is a recent and significant policy outcome not yet on the thread.
"The consultation ran from 18 November 2024 to 10 February 2025. We received 75 responses from businesses and trade associations, cultural and heritage charities, enforcers, consumer advocacy organisations, law firms, and individuals."
The CMA annual plan sets out how the digital markets competition regime will be prioritised and implemented, making it relevant context for this thread.
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What it adds: Adds the CMA's annual plan consultation which details planned digital markets work, though it covers broader CMA activity beyond just digital markets.
"The CMA will apply these same principles to inform decisions in relation to the new digital markets competition regime, as set out in recently published guidance."
This Lords debate on the CMA Chairman appointment directly addressed the Government's commitment to the digital markets regime and CMA independence, which is relevant context for this thread.
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What it adds: Adds a Lords debate on CMA leadership changes and their implications for the digital markets regime, providing parliamentary scrutiny context not currently on the thread.
"The CMA has new powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act. There has been no change regarding that specific policy."
Background context only
2 itemsThis GOV.UK guidance page explains the digital markets competition regime but is an explanatory resource rather than a discrete policy event.
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What it adds: Provides a useful reference guide to the regime but does not represent a distinct policy event or consultation milestone.
"The digital markets competition regime enables the CMA to promote competition in fast-moving digital markets, while protecting UK consumers and businesses from unfair or harmful practices by the very largest technology firms."
The Act itself on legislation.gov.uk is the primary legal instrument underpinning the entire thread but is a reference document rather than a thread event.
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What it adds: Provides the full text of the Act but does not add a new policy event; the Act's passage is already represented through Hansard debates on the thread.
"An Act to provide for the regulation of competition in digital markets; to amend the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002 and to make other provision about competition law."