Question follow-through · 20542
Consumer Goods: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with online sales platforms on guidance on implementation of the General Product Safety Regulation.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 19 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with online sales platforms on guidance on implementation of the General Product Safety Regulation.
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Dec 2024
Answer published
Ministerial colleagues in the Department and I undertake regular engagement with businesses, including online marketplaces and those who sell products online, to listen to their concerns. In addition, officials in my Department have regular discussions wi...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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