Written question asked by Carolyn Harris (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 May 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 May 2016. It was answered by Nick Boles (Conservative) on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Electrical Goods: Packaging

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with which organisations Ministers of his Department have met to discuss the review of enforcement of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 in respect of copycat packaging of branded electrical goods in the last three months.

Answer: The Government concluded its review of the enforcement provisions of the Consumer Protection against Unfair Trading Regulations (2008) in respect of copycat packaging in October 2015, and the Minister of State for Skills discussed the review with the British Brands Group the following month. The Intellectual Property Office have subsequently been working with industry stakeholders to deliver awareness training to trading standards about copycat packaging and the Government have committed to continue to provide training in the recently published IP Enforcement Strategy 2020.

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