{"id":13485,"date":"2024-03-12T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/?p=13485"},"modified":"2024-05-03T10:24:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T09:24:16","slug":"peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Peers Move To Strengthen New Regime For Digital Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peers have voted to strengthen the new regime for the digital markets, voting for key amendments to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill in a debate last night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amendments &#8211; which address key areas of the Bill such as the appeals standard and the countervailing benefits exemption &#8211; are designed to help ensure the tech platforms will not be able to evade compliance with the new pro-competition regime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good to see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKHouseofLords?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UKHouseofLords<\/a> back amendments this evening that will strengthen the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DigitalMarkets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DigitalMarkets<\/a>, Competition and Consumers Bill.<\/p>&mdash; Owen Meredith (@OwenMeredithNMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OwenMeredithNMA\/status\/1767287031481217443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord Lansley&#8217;s amendment would \u2013 when the Competition and Markets Authority seeks approval of its guidance &#8211; require the Secretary of State to, within 40 days, either approve the guidance; or refuse to approve it and refer the proposed guidance back to the CMA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amendments in the name of Baroness Jones would revert the countervailing benefits exemption to the version originally in the Bill, including the \u201cindispensability\u201d standard, strengthening the effectiveness of the new legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baroness Jones also tabled amendments which would reinstate judicial review as the appeals standard across the first part of the Bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord Faulks&#8217; amendments would reverse the changes made in the House of Commons that require conduct requirements and pro-competitive interventions to be \u201cproportionate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peers voted for all the amendments, signalling their intent to strengthen the Bill which help level the playing field between publishers and the tech platforms.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord Black of Brentwood\u2019s amendment which would make the final offer mechanism available earlier in the enforcement process was not put to a division. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However the Minister said that the final offer mechanism should be a &#8220;credible incentive to negotiate, so that designated undertakings are not able to frustrate the enforcement process over many months or even years.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peers have voted to strengthen the new regime for the digital markets, voting for key amendments to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill in a debate last night. The amendments &#8211; which address key areas of the Bill such as the appeals standard and the countervailing benefits exemption &#8211; are designed to help ensure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Peers Move To Strengthen New Regime For Digital Markets - News Media Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peers Move To Strengthen New Regime For Digital Markets - News Media Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Peers have voted to strengthen the new regime for the digital markets, voting for key amendments to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill in a debate last night. The amendments &#8211; which address key areas of the Bill such as the appeals standard and the countervailing benefits exemption &#8211; are designed to help ensure [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News Media Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-12T09:07:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-03T09:24:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Parliament-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1050\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul Sinker\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Sinker\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paul Sinker\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/2983c8c15b7c95c8405592ce9dad4ab6\"},\"headline\":\"Peers Move To Strengthen New Regime For Digital Markets\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-12T09:07:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-03T09:24:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/\"},\"wordCount\":286,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Parliament-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Digital Markets Unit\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/\",\"name\":\"Peers Move To Strengthen New Regime For Digital Markets - News Media Association\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Parliament-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-12T09:07:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-03T09:24:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Parliament-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Parliament-1.jpg\",\"width\":1050,\"height\":700},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Peers Move To Strengthen New Regime For Digital Markets\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/\",\"name\":\"News Media Association\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"News Media Association\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nma-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nma-logo.svg\",\"width\":236,\"height\":79,\"caption\":\"News Media Association\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/2983c8c15b7c95c8405592ce9dad4ab6\",\"name\":\"Paul Sinker\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/087a3a2ccc086b67199ab16639d6a963?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/087a3a2ccc086b67199ab16639d6a963?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Paul Sinker\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/author\/paulnewsmediauk-org\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Peers Move To Strengthen New Regime For Digital Markets - News Media Association","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Peers Move To Strengthen New Regime For Digital Markets - News Media Association","og_description":"Peers have voted to strengthen the new regime for the digital markets, voting for key amendments to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill in a debate last night. The amendments &#8211; which address key areas of the Bill such as the appeals standard and the countervailing benefits exemption &#8211; are designed to help ensure [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/","og_site_name":"News Media Association","article_published_time":"2024-03-12T09:07:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-03T09:24:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1050,"height":700,"url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Parliament-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Paul Sinker","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Paul Sinker","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/"},"author":{"name":"Paul Sinker","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/2983c8c15b7c95c8405592ce9dad4ab6"},"headline":"Peers Move To Strengthen New Regime For Digital Markets","datePublished":"2024-03-12T09:07:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-03T09:24:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/"},"wordCount":286,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Parliament-1.jpg","articleSection":["Digital Markets Unit","News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/","url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/","name":"Peers Move To Strengthen New Regime For Digital Markets - News Media Association","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Parliament-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-03-12T09:07:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-03T09:24:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Parliament-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Parliament-1.jpg","width":1050,"height":700},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/peers-move-to-strengthen-new-regime-for-digital-markets\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Peers Move To Strengthen New Regime For Digital Markets"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/","name":"News Media Association","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization","name":"News Media Association","url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nma-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nma-logo.svg","width":236,"height":79,"caption":"News Media Association"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/2983c8c15b7c95c8405592ce9dad4ab6","name":"Paul Sinker","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/087a3a2ccc086b67199ab16639d6a963?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/087a3a2ccc086b67199ab16639d6a963?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Paul Sinker"},"url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/author\/paulnewsmediauk-org\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13485"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13490,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13485\/revisions\/13490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}