Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that new EU regulations on unsafe goods could have on small businesses based in the UK after Brexit.

The proposed new EU Regulation on Compliance and Enforcement is aimed at strengthening the framework for market surveillance and improving compliance with legislation that protects consumers from unsafe goods.

While the Government supports the principles behind the proposal, we have been working in negotiations to reflect business concerns over potential burdens, including on small UK businesses, and to encourage greater proportionality and risk-based approaches. The final text of the proposal has not yet been agreed.