§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 5 May 2004,Official Report, column 1645W, on product recalls/safety, when she intends to implement the General Product Safety Directive. [173958]
§ Mr. Sutcliffe[holding answer 18 May 2004]: We expect to carry out a formal public consultation on the draft regulations implementing the General Product Safety Directive in the summer and to lay the regulations at the turn of the year.
§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 5 May 2004,Official Report, column 1645W, on product recalls/safety, if she will place in the Library correspondence between the Government and the European Commission on the General Product Safety Directive. [173959]
§ Mr. Sutcliffe[holding answer 18 May 2004]: It is not the practice under exemption 2 Internal Advice and Discussion of the Code of Practice on Access to Government information to release details of correspondence between Her Majesty's Government and the European Commission.