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Consumer Goods: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the application of the General Product Safety Regulations in Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

answeredClaire HannaDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
16 Jan 2025
Answer
16 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the application of the General Product Safety Regulations in Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

  2. 16 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The updated GPSR largely formalises the reality of how many businesses are already operating and the measures are therefore likely to have limited impact in practice. However, we understand that for some businesses, the regulation will require changes, an...

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