HC Deb 19 May 2004 vol 421 cc985-6W
Malcolm Bruce

To 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 Bruce

To 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.