Question follow-through · 84143

Hazardous Substances: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 to ensure that hazardous medicinal products with reprotoxic effects are controlled to the same standard as (a) carcinogen

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
27 Oct 2025
Answer
30 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 to ensure that hazardous medicinal products with reprotoxic effects are controlled to the same standard as (a) carcinogen

  2. 27 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has no current plans to amend The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) (as amended). These regulations place duties on all employers to assess the risk and ensure that the exposure of the...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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