Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of ministerial oversight of the Competition and Markets Authority; and if he will make a statement.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is a non-Ministerial Department and is operationally independent. Under the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, the CMA must prepare an annual plan to be laid before Parliament and an annual report for my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State and officials of the Department also have regular contact with the CMA.