| Heading: |
Consumer Goods: Safety |
| Question ID: |
1751832 |
| UIN: |
21504 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5288 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Al Pinkerton
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Dr Al Pinkerton
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to support small businesses in Great Britain with the new General Product Safety Regulation requirements to maintain market access to Northern Ireland. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-08 |
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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 GPSR largely formalises how businesses are already operating in the UK. Where businesses need to make changes, we expect that they will be adapting anyway to be compliant with the new Regulation to continue trading with the EU.On 3 December, t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
21 |
| Answering body name: |
Northern Ireland Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |