Question follow-through · 38466
Consumer Goods: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of the EU General Product Safety Regulation on costs to UK businesses (a) before and (b) after the UK left the EU.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 14 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of the EU General Product Safety Regulation on costs to UK businesses (a) before and (b) after the UK left the EU.
18 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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24 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government is not required to make an assessment of the costs to businesses of the EU GPSR. The UK already enjoys a high level of product safety. The updated GPSR therefore largely formalises the reality of how businesses are already operating across ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Consumer Goods: Safety
17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of aligning UK General Product Safety Regulations with those in the EU to remove the need for an EU Responsible Person when trading with the EU.
Overseas Trade
19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of Q95 of the oral evidence given by the Chief of Policy of the Confederation of British Business to the Business and Trade
Beer and Public Houses
19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) beer and (b) pub sector to increase (i) economic growth and (ii) business investment in the context of his industrial strategy.
Beer and Public Houses
19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of the (a) brewery and distillery and (b) pub sector to (i) economic growth and (ii) job creation.
Beer and Public Houses: Import Duties
19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to help protect the (a) brewery, (b) distillery and (c) pub sector from US tariffs.
Export Controls
19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish details of all active export licences.
Public Houses: Devon
1 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support pubs in Devon.
Department for Business and Trade: Written Questions
2 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to answer Question 39709, tabled on 19 March 2025.
Overseas Companies: Russia
4 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on whether any UK firms with Russian holdings are not in the process of divesting from operations based in Russia.
Competition and Markets Authority: Public Appointments
8 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the appointment of the new chair of the Competition and Markets Authority on regulation of competition in UK markets.
USA: Import Duties
8 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US tariffs on the economy of Devon.
Small Businesses: Rural Areas
17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department is providing to small businesses in (a) Devon and (b) other rural areas.