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Consumer Goods: Safety

Original answer

The UK enjoys a high level of product safety. The updated GPSR therefore largely formalises the reality of how businesses are already operating across the UK, and many UK businesses will already be going further than many of these requirements.

The answer was corrected by Baroness Gustafsson (Labour)

on Thursday, 13 March 2025 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.

Corrected answer

The UK enjoys a high level of product safety. The updated GPSR therefore largely formalises the reality of how many businesses are already operating across the UK, and many UK businesses will already be going further than many of these requirements. and the measures are therefore likely to have limited impact in practice. However, we understand that for some businesses, the regulation has required changes, and we take any concerns extremely seriously.

The department has issued guidance for businesses selling to Northern Ireland, which we will keep under review. DBT will continue to engage businesses directly to ensure they are familiar with the guidance and that the Government is supporting them to trade freely across the whole of the UK.

With respect to the EU market, British businesses may wish to contact the Government's Export Support service and the European Commission has also published guidance for businesses.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL5305

Session

2024-26

Subjects

Costs Business Consumer goods EU law Safety UK trade with EU UK internal trade

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