Question follow-through · 99707
Toys and Games: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the British Toy and Hobby Association’s report entitled Still toying with children’s safety, published on 23 October 2025
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 15 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 23 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the British Toy and Hobby Association’s report entitled Still toying with children’s safety, published on 23 October 2025
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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23 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 require that all toys must be safe before being placed on the UK market, including online. Despite this, we recognise that non-compliant products remain available to UK consumers. The Product Regulation and Metrology Act...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Zoos: Costs
28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the cumulative impact of increases in (a) business rates, (b) wages, (c) energy costs and (d) animal feed costs on zoological collections.
Small Businesses
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to encourage the growth of small and medium sized enterprises.
Small Businesses: Closures
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to prevent small to medium sized businesses ceasing to trade.
Trade Agreements: UK Relations with EU
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of regulatory alignment with the EU on the UK’s ability to negotiate trade agreements with third countries.
Construction: Government Assistance
15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to support the construction industry in a) England and b) the parliamentary constituency of Romford.