Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that products subject to an OPSS withdrawal notice, such as the UPP U004 e-bike battery, cannot remain listed for sale on online marketplaces months after the notice is issued.

Under UK law, businesses are responsible for only placing safe products on the market, and must act to protect consumers where a product poses a risk. In 2024, the Office for Product Safety and Standards OPSS issued Withdrawal Notices, including eight to online marketplaces, to prevent the sale of dangerous models of UPP-branded e-bike battery. OPSS holds businesses, including online marketplaces, accountable for removing unsafe products from supply.

My department also recently consulted on reforming the Product Safety Framework, including to introduce requirements for online marketplaces to take proactive action to identify, prevent and remove non-compliant products from sale.