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Chemicals: Sanitary Products

Commons · Question 57485 · Tabled 4 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 13 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help tackle the presence of (a) pesticides and (b) other harmful chemicals in period products.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 13 Jun 2025

Most period products are regulated by the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, which requires all products to be safe and for consumers to be provided with information on the potential risks of a product.Subject to Royal Assent of the Product Regulati...