Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]
Debate between Andrew Griffith and Iain Duncan Smith
2nd reading
Tuesday 1st April 2025
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Tuesday 1st April 2025
(3 days, 1 hour ago)
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Andrew Griffith
Once again, the Secretary of State has failed to engage on the key issue, which is that British businesses—[Interruption.] It is not funny. British businesses are bleeding out, business confidence is at a record low, unemployment is rising, and all the Government have to talk about is the past, not what they are currently delivering.
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
My hon. Friend was asked just now whether the previous Government were likely to have introduced this legislation. May I set the record straight? Had we done so, the Secretary of State would have voted against it.