Written question asked by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Thursday, 13 September 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 September 2012. It was answered by Michael Fallon (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 September 2012 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Lighters: Safety
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress his Department has made in implementing his direction of the Secretary of State under regulation 35(2) of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, as reaffirmed in May this year, with regard to the safety of lighters in the last 12 months.
[121363]
- Answer
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The annual renewal of the direction serves to remind trading standards services of the ban on novelty lighters and the placing of only child resistant lighters onto the UK market. We do not require officers to report their activities to the Department. However, a quick e-mail round to officers found that lighters are one of the products routinely stopped and examined at ports of entry and also examined in various market surveillance activities. If non-compliant lighters are found appropriate action is taken.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 121363; 550 c631W
- Session
- 2012-13
- Subjects
- Regulation Safety Lighters
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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