Question follow-through · 11173
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his timetable is for the publication of guidance to Great Britain based businesses trading in Northern Ireland on the General Product Safety Regulations 2025 .
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 25 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his timetable is for the publication of guidance to Great Britain based businesses trading in Northern Ireland on the General Product Safety Regulations 2025 .
29 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2024
Answer published
The updated General Product Safety Regulation largely formalises the reality of how businesses are already operating in the UK and the measures are therefore likely to have limited impact. Where businesses need to make changes, we expect that they will be...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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