Question follow-through · 11824

Chemicals: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of applying a weight of evidence approach when making decisions on the mandatory (a) classification and (b) labelling of chemicals.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
30 Oct 2024
Target answer date
4 Nov 2024
Answer
7 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of applying a weight of evidence approach when making decisions on the mandatory (a) classification and (b) labelling of chemicals.

  2. 4 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) leads across government on the classification and labelling of chemicals and acts as the Agency for the assimilated Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures a...

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