Question follow-through · 81599
Protective Clothing: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will endorse the new BS30417 standard on PPE.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Protective Clothing: Electronic Commerce · 12 Feb 2026
- Protective Clothing: Trading Standards · 12 Feb 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will endorse the new BS30417 standard on PPE.
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government strongly supports the principle of provision of inclusive personal protective equipment (PPE). While the Government does not routinely endorse individual standards, it may designate certain standards to confer a presumption of conformity fo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Protective Clothing: Electronic Commerce
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his proposed timeline is for introducing regulations for online retailing of Personal Protective Equipment under the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025.
Protective Clothing: Trading Standards
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions on trading standards has the Office for Product Safety and Standards had with the British Safety Industry Federation on Personal Protective Equipment.