Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government which chemical manufacturers or trade bodies the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland met ahead of his decision on the "Stormont Brake" on the Chemical Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation.

The Department for Work and Pensions, as sponsor of the Health and Safety Executive, is the policy lead with regard to regulation of chemicals classification, labelling and packaging across the UK. In that role, the Department for Work and Pensions continuously assesses the adequacy of chemical packaging and labelling regulation across the whole of the UK and engages with industry accordingly. Analysis from this engagement was used as part of the Government’s assessment of the likely impacts of the Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation, and so informed the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s decision.