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...