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Consumer Goods: Safety

Commons · Question 13995 · Tabled 12 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 18 Nov 2024

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Asked by Jim Allister

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will make an estimate of the potential (a) direct cost to (i) producers, (ii) retailers and (iii) consumers in Northern Ireland and (b) economic impact to Great Britain of compliance

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Answered by Justin Madders, 18 Nov 2024

Our assessment of the impact of the updated GPSR remains that it largely formalises how businesses are operating in the UK and that where businesses need to make changes, in most cases, they will be adapting to continue trading with the EU. The measures a...