PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Video Games: Competition (7 December 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision on the UK's video games industry, including on independent video game developers.

Asked by:
Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat)

Under competition law, responsibility for investigating the impact of mergers and acquisitions on competition falls to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the UK’s independent competition authority. The Government has ensured that the CMA has significant powers and expertise to investigate the benefits and risks of mergers in relation to competition.

Answered by:
Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative)
12 December 2022