Construction: Hazardous Substances

(asked on 7th December 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that companies comply with UK regulations when importing potentially hazardous products for the construction sector.


Answered by
Lord Barwell Portrait
Lord Barwell
This question was answered on 12th December 2016

The Construction Products Regulation set requirements relating to the import of construction products. In addition, the General Product Safety Regulations are intended to ensure that only safe products are placed on the market. Both of these regulations are enforced by trading standards bodies.

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