Question follow-through · 21446

Parliamentary Estate: Cosmetics and Soaps

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many and what proportion of soaps and other skincare products used on the parliamentary estate are cruelty free certified.

answeredHouse of Commons Commission

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Answering body
House of Commons Commission
Tabled
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
7 Jan 2025
Answer
13 Jan 2025 · 25 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many and what proportion of soaps and other skincare products used on the parliamentary estate are cruelty free certified.

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Our supplier contract stipulates all products used should be, so far as is reasonably possible, cruelty free, and compliant with the recommendations of Cruelty Free International.All soaps supplied comply with the relevant cosmetic regulations (Cosmetic P...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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