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Trading Standards

Commons · Question 40437 · Tabled 24 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 31 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Mark Pritchard

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will increase (a) criminal sanctions and (b) financial penalties for breaches of Trading Standards laws.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 31 Mar 2025

Local authority trading standards services oversee numerous pieces of legislation, including consumer protection, product safety, weights and measures, food standards, animal health and welfare, environmental protection, estates and lettings, and age-rest...