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Cosmetics

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of skin lightening products.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body: Department for Business and Trade
Tabled: 20 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 24 Feb 2026
Answer: 2 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of skin lightening products.
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Mar 2026
Answer published
As product safety regulator, OPSS is responsible for ensuring that consumer products are safe. The UK Cosmetic Regulation requires that a safety assessment be completed by a qualified assessor to demonstrate the safety of a cosmetic product before it can ...

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