Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to re-assess and update the Private Healthcare Market Investigation Order 2014, published by the Competition and Market Authority on 1 October 2014.

Responsibility for reviewing the Private Healthcare Market Investigation Order 2014 lies with the CMA, which keeps markets remedies under review. While the CMA has not initiated a review of this Order at this time, it welcomes submissions from relevant parties where existing remedies may no longer be fit for purpose. If the CMA reviews the Order and deems there to be a change of circumstance such that the Order is no longer appropriate, it can vary or revoke the Order. However, it cannot introduce a new Order – this would require a new market investigation.