| Heading: |
Consumer Goods: Safety |
| Question ID: |
1747514 |
| UIN: |
18259 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5125 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sorcha Eastwood
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| Asking Member handle: |
SorchaEastwood
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@SorchaEastwood
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the impact of the General Product Safety Regulations on the ability of consumers in Northern Ireland to buy goods from Great Britain. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-11 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
413 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Hilary Benn
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| Answering Member handle: |
hilarybennmp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@hilarybennmp
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| Answer text: |
The updated General Product Safety Regulations largely formalises how businesses are already operating in the UK and the measures are therefore likely to have limited impact in practice. Where businesses need to make changes, we expect that they will be a... |
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| Answering body ID: |
21 |
| Answering body name: |
Northern Ireland Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |