Responses to Consultations
2021
2020
Andrea Calef, David Deller, Morten Hviid & Bruce Lyons response to Financial Conduct Authority: General insurance pricing practices market study – Consultation on Handbook changes, December 2020
David Deller & Amelia Fletcher response to Ofgem: ‘Microbusiness Strategic Review: Policy Consultation’, October 2020
Bruce Lyons & Bob Sugden response to FCA: Call for Evidence - Guidance for firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers, September 2020
Andrea Calef, Sean Ennis, Elias Deutscher, Amelia Fletcher & Bruce Lyons, response to EU Commission - Consultation on a New Competition Tool, September 2020
Mike Brock, Andrew Burlinson, James Craske & Jenny Fairbrass response to Labour Party Call for Evidence – Green Recovery, June 2020
Mike Brock, David Deller & Morten Hviid response to Liberal Democrat Utilities Working Group: Call for Evidence – Theme: water industry regulation, June 2020
Mike Brock, David Deller, Sean Ennis, Morten Hviid & Catherine Waddams Price response to Liberal Democrat Utilities Working Group: Call for Evidence – Theme: energy regulation, June 2020
Sean Ennis, David Deller, & Bryn Enstone response to The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy: ‘Contracts for Difference for Low Carbon Electricity—Consultation on proposed amendments to the scheme’, May 2020
2019
Mike Brock, David Deller, Morten Hviid & Liang Lu response to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Measures to reduce personal water use, October 2019
James Craske, Harry Dyer and Janis Loschmann response to The House of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technology, September 2019
Frances Bowen, Mike Brock, James Craske (editor) & Liang Lu (editor) response to Ofwat: Consultation on Driving Transformational Innovation in the Sector, September 2019
Mike Brock, David Deller, Morten Hviid, Tim Tutton & Catherine Waddams Price response to BEIS & Ofgem: Flexible and Responsive Energy Retail Markets, September 2019
David Deller & Catherine Waddams Price response to BEIS: Consultation on the Fuel Poverty Strategy for England, September 2019
Tola Amodu, Mike Brock, David Deller, Michael Harker, Tim Tutton & Catherine Waddams Price response to Ofgem: Response to Ofgem's Draft Consumer Vulnerability Strategy 2025, August 2019
Sally Broughton Micova response to Competition and Markets Authority: Online Platforms and Digital Advertising Market Study, July 2019
David Deller, Catherine Waddams, Bruce Lyons & Robert Sugden response to Ofgem: Developing a framework for assessing whether conditions are in place for effective competition in domestic supply contracts, July 2019
Elias Deutscher & Michael Kummer response to Competition and Markets Authority: Call for information - Digital Mergers, July 2019
Sally Broughton Micova response to Department of Culture Media and Sport: Audiovisual Media Services Consultation, July 2019
Sally Broughton Micova & Sabine Jacques response to HM Government: Online Harms White Paper, June 2019
David Deller & Amelia Fletcher response to Ofgem: Opening Statement - Strategic Review of the microbusiness retail market call for evidence, May 2019
Sally Broughton Micova response to House of Lords Select Committee on Communications: Public service broadcasting in the age of video on demand, April 2019
Tola Amodu, Sean F. Ennis & Catherine Waddams Price response to National Infrastructure Commission: The Future of Regulation, April 2019
Bruce Lyons, Robert Sugden & Tim Vickers response to Financial Conduct Authority: Fair Pricing in Financial Services (Part 1: Transactional Unfairness and Price Discrimination in Financial Services), January 2019
Hviid M & Waddams C response to Financial Conduct Authority: Fair Pricing in Financial Services (Part 2: Defining Price Discrimniation and Informational Requirements for Enforcement), January 2019
Liang Lu & Catherine Waddams response to Ofgem consultation on targeted charging review: minded to decision and draft impact assessment, January 2019
2018
Elias Deutscher, Bruce Lyons & Wynne Lam response to HM Treasury: Digital Competition Expert Panel - Open consultation, December 2018
Tom Hargreaves & Noel Longhurst response to Ofgem: Prepayment self-disconnection and self-rationing - a call for evidence, December 2018
David Deller, Morten Hviid & Catherine Waddams response to Competition and Markets Authority: 'Loyalty penalty' super-complaint, October 2018
Catherine Waddams response to Scottish Parliament Committee: Scottish Publicly Owned Energy Company, September 2018
Andreas Stephan response to BEIS: Modernising Consumer Markets - Green Paper,BJuly 2018
David Deller, Michael Harker, Morten Hviid, Wynne Lam, Karen Mc Cullagh, Peter Ormosi, Sebastian Peyer, David Reader, Catherine Waddams response to BEIS: Modernising Consumer Markets - Green Paper,AJuly 2018
Bruce Lyons response to BEIS: Competition Law Review & Modernising Consumer Markets - Green Paper, June 2018
David Deller & Catherine Waddams response to Ofgem: Default Tariff Cap Policy Consultation, June 2018
Sally Broughton Micova & Sabine Jacques response to House of Lords Select Committee on Communications: The Internet - To Regulate or Not to Regulate?, May 2018
Liang Lu, David Deller & Morten Hviid response to Thames Water: Consultation on Water Resources Management Plan 2019, April 2018
David Reader response to Department of Economic Development (South Africa): Invitation to comment on Competition Amendment Bill 2017, January 2018
David Reader response to BEIS: National Security and Infrastructure Investment Review (Proposals for long-term reforms), January 2018
2017
David Deller, Elizabeth Errington, Amelia Fletcher, Morten Hviid, David Reader & Catherine Waddams response to BEIS Committee: Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill inquiry, December 2017
David Reader response to BEIS: National Security and Infrastructure Investment Review (Proposals for short-term reforms), November 2017
David Deller, Morten Hviid & Catherine Waddams response to Ofcom: Helping consumers to engage in communications markets - Call for inputs, August 2017
Sally Broughton Micova response to Ofcom: Consulation on its regulation of BBC's performance in delivering on its mission and public purposes, July 2017
Bruce Lyons & Ioannis Pappous response to UK Government Green Paper Consultation: Building Our Industrial Strategy, Q. 32. How can the Government ensure that 'sector deals' promote competition and incorporate the interests of new entrants?, April 2017
Sally Broughton Micova & David Reader response to Ofcom: Invitation to comment for public interest test on the proposed acquisition of Sky plc by Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., March 2017
2016
Stephen Davies & Peter Ormosi response to European Commission - DG Comp: Consultation on Evaluation of procedural and jurisdictional aspects of EU merger control, December 2016
David Deller, Elizabeth Errington, Morten Hviid & Catherine Waddams response to House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs: The Economics of UK Energy Policy, September 2016
David Reader response to Business, Innovation and Skills Committee: Industrial Strategy Inquiry, September 2016.
David Deller and Morten Hviid response to Ofwat: Costs and benefits of introducing competition to residential customers in England - emerging findings, August 2016.
Morten Hviid response to Ofcom: Automatic Compensation - call for inputs, July 2016
Morten Hviid, Bruce Lyons, Sebastian Peyer and Andreas Stephan response to Department for Business Innovation & Skills: Options to Refine the UK Competition Regime – A Consultation, June 2016
David Deller, Morten Hviid and Catherine Waddams response to Competition and Markets Authority: Energy market investigation – Provisional decision on remedies, April 2016
David Deller and Morten Hviid response to Ofwat: Review of retail household markets in the water and wastewater sector – Call for evidence, February 2016
David Reader response to Competition Commission South Africa: Revised guidelines on the assessment of public interest provisions in merger regulation, February 2016
2015
Catherine Waddams Price and Minyan Zhu response to Financial Conduct Authority: Call for Inputs on competition in the mortgage sector, December 2015
Catherine Waddams, Morten Hviid and David Deller response to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Switching Principles - Call for Evidence, December 2015
Catherine Waddams and David Deller response to Competition and Market Authority: Energy Market Investigation – Supplemental Notice of Possible Remedies, November 2015
Catherine Waddams and David Deller response to Competition and Market Authority: Energy Market Investigation – Invitation to comment on the proposed methodology and draft questionnaire for CMA’s research with tenants, October 2015
Catherine Waddams, Morten Hviid and David Deller response to CMA Energy Market Investigation - Notice of Possible Remedies, August 2015
Amelia Fletcher response to Business, Innovation & Skills Protection of Small Businesses when Purchasing Goods and Services: Call for Evidence (March 2015), June 2015
Nikolaos Korfiatis response to the Competition and Markets Authority Call for Information for Online Reviews, March 2015
David Reader response to the Competition Commission of South Africa 'Guidelines for the Assessment of Public Interest Provisions in Mergers', March 2015
Anna Rita Bennato and Franco Mariuzzo response to HM Treasury 'Tobacco Levy', February 2015
David Deller, Morten Hviid and Catherine Waddams response to the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee 'Energy Price Comparison Websites Inquiry', January 2015
2014
Farasat Bokhari, Chris Hanretty, Morten Hviid, Bruce Lyons, Eugenio Miravete and Catherine Waddams response to the Competition and Markets Authority questions 'Response to four questions from CMA'
Catherine Waddams and Minyan Zhu response to the Competition and Markets Authority 'Retail Banking Market Investigation - Statement of Issues'
David Deller, Morten Hviid and Catherine Waddams response to Ofgem 'Treatment of white label providers in the domestic retail market'.
David Deller and Morten Hviid response to Prudential Regulation Authority/Financial Conduct Authority 'Strengthening the alignment of risk and reward - new remuneration rules'.
Michael Harker, Morten Hviid, Antje Kreutzmann-Gallasch and Catherine Waddams response to BIS Select Committee 'Competition for UK postal sector and the universal service obligation'.
Morten Hviid, Franco Mariuzzo and Catherine Waddams response to HM Treasury 'Minimum Excise Tax'.
David Deller, Morten Hviid and Antje Kreutzmann-Gallasch response to Ofcom 'Consumer Switching - Next Steps and Call for Inputs'.
David Deller, Miguel Flores, Catherine Waddams and Minyan Zhu response to the Competition and Markets Authority 'Draft Customer Survey Questionnaire (Energy Market Investigation)'.
David Deller, Morten Hviid, Catherine Waddams and Minyan Zhu response to the Competition and Markets Authority 'Energy Market Investigation - Statement of Issues', August 2014.
Morten Hviid, Despoina Mantzari and Catherine Waddams response to Ofgem, 'Consultation on a proposal to make a market investigation reference in respect of the supply and acquisition of energy in Great Britain', May 2014.
David Deller, Morten Hviid, Joo Young Jeon, Despoina Mantzari, Catherine Waddams and Minyan Zhu response to Ofgem, 'Protecting Consumers in collective switching schemes', April 2014.
2013
Andreas Stephan and Catherine Waddams response to the Competition and Markets Authority, 'Competition and Markets Authority guidance: part 2', November 2013
Morten Hviid, Bruce Lyons and Andreas Stephan response to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) consultation document 'Vision, values and strategy for the CMA',November 2013
Morten Hviid, Bruce Lyons, Andreas Stephan and Catherine Waddams response to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, 'Streamlining Regulatory and Competition Appeals: Consultation on Options for Reform', September 2013
Amelia Fletcher and Bruce Lyons response to European Commission Staff Working Document, 'Towards More Effective EU Merger Control', September 2013
Morten Hviid and Sebastian Peyer response to Government's Draft Consumer Rights Bill, August 2013
Farasat Bokhari, Charlotte Davies, Steve Davies, Sven Gallasch, Mary Guy, Rob Heywood and Morten Hviid response to Monitor consultations, June 2013
Morten Hviid and Catherine Waddams response to review of Ofgem's enforcement activities consultation on 'Strategic Vision, Objectives and Decision Makers - Reference Number 43/13', May 2013
Morten Hviid response to Department of Business, Innovation & Skills 'Pub companies and tenants: a government consultation', April 2013
Catherine Waddams response to Department of Energy and Climate Change 'Ensuring a Better Deal for Energy Consumers', January 2013
Morten Hviid and Catherine Waddams response to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) consultation on 'Extending the Range of Remedies Available to Public Enforcers of Consumer Law', January 2013
2012
Catherine Waddams and Graham Loomes response to Ofgem consultation 'Retail Market Review - Updated Domestic Proposals', December 2012
Morten Hviid and Pinar Akman response to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills document 'Consultation on the early implementation of a ban on above cost payment surcharges', October 2012
Morten Hviid, Bruce Lyons, Sebastian Peyer and Duncan Sheehan response to Department of Business, Innovation and Skills consultation 'Private actions in competition law: A consultation on Options for Reform', July 2012
Bruce Lyons response to OFT consultation 'Review of the OFT's Investigation Procedures in Competition Case', June 2012
Morten Hviid and Daithi Mac Sithigh response to Ofcom consultation 'Consumer Switching - A consultation on proposals to change the process for switching fixed voice and broadband providers on the Openreach copper network', May 2012
Catherine Waddams, response to Ofgem consultation 'The Standardised Element of Standard Tariffs under the Retail Market Review', April 2012
Morten Hviid and Catherine Waddams response to Ofgem consultation, 'The Undue Discrimination Prohibition'
Morten Hviid, Graham Loomes and Catherine Waddams, 'The Retail Market Review: Domestic Proposals'
Chris Hanretty, Shaun Hargreaves Heap, Michael Harker, Daithi Mac Sithigh, Heather Savigny and John Street submission on Media Plurality to the House of Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport
Catherine Waddams submission to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee's inquiry into the Water White Paper
2011
Catherine Waddams, Henry Allen, Michael Harker, Morten Hviid and Daithi Mac Sithigh response to BIS consultation 'Empowering and Protecting Consumers'
Anna Rita Bennato, Morten Hviid, Bruce Lyons, Peter Ormosi, Sebastian Peyer, Andreas Stephan, Scott Summers and Frederick Wandschneider response to OFT consultation on 'Leniency and Penalties'
Chris Hanretty, Shaun Hargreaves Heap, Michael Harker, Daithi Mac Sithigh and John Street response to Ofcom invitation to comment on 'Measuring Media Plurality'
Bruce Lyons comments on European Commission Draft Guidance Paper "Quantifying Harm in Actions for Damages Based on Breaches of Article 101 or 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union"
Catherine Waddams response to BIS consultation "Transforming Regulatory Enforcement: Freeing up Business Growth"
Pinar Akman, Morten Hviid, Bruce Lyons, Andreas Stephan, and Catherine Waddams response to BIS consultation "A Competition Regime for Growth: A Consultation on Options for Reform"
Catherine Ball, Morten Hviid, Graham Loomes and Catherine Waddams response to Ofgem consultation 'The Retail Market Review - Findings and Initial Proposals (RMR)', June 2011
Morten Hviid and Sebastian Peyer response to EC consultation 'Towards a Coherent European Approach to Collective Redress', April 2011
Judith Mehta and Catherine Waddams response to Ofwat consultation 'How can we help customers save water, energy and money', April 2011
Michael Harker, Stephen Greasley, and Catherine Waddams response to BIS consultation on the 'Principles of Economic Regulation', March 2011
Andreas Stephan response to the Office of Fair Trading's consultation on 'Competition Compliance Guidelines', January 2011
2010
Luke Garrod, Bruce Lyons & Minyan Zhu response to The Future of Banking Commission's three areas of their investigation, March 2010
Michael Harker and Catherine Waddams submitted response to DECC's OFGEM review, September 2010
Bruce Lyons response to the Department of Health's discussion document 'Liberating the NHS: Regulating Health Care Providers', October 2010
Catherine Waddams response to the Water Industry Commission for Scotland's consultation on 'Putting Customers at the Centre of the Price Review Process', October 2010
Michael Harker and Catherine Waddams submitted response to Defra's Ofwat review, October 2010
Bruce Lyons and Minyan Zhu response to call for evidence by the Independent Banking Commission, November 2010
2009
Catherine Waddams response to Ofgem consultation 'Addressing Unfair Price Differentials', February 2009
Catherine Waddams response to Ofgem consultation 'Addressing Undue Discrimination: Final Proposals', May 2009