Question follow-through · 19821
Consumer Goods: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to support small businesses with meeting the requirements of the EU Regulation on General Product Safety (2023/988).
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 12 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to support small businesses with meeting the requirements of the EU Regulation on General Product Safety (2023/988).
17 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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17 Dec 2024
Answer published
The updated GPSR largely formalises how many businesses are already operating in the UK and the measures are therefore likely to have limited impact. However, we understand that for some businesses, the regulation will require changes, and we take any con...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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