Question follow-through · 23604
Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to tackle the impact of grey imports on UK businesses.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to tackle the impact of grey imports on UK businesses.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2025
Answer published
There are regulations that enable intellectual property rights owners to limit the sale of goods in some territories and these regulations may be used by rights owners to manage the parallel import of goods covered by their intellectual property rights.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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