Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when the proposed consultation on applying a consistent regime within the UK on chemical classification, labelling and packaging, as outlined in a letter by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 20 January regarding the Chemical Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation will commence; and what is the proposed timeframe for the consultation.

The Government will launch this consultation as soon as possible. The Secretary of State has committed to write to the Chair of the NI Assembly’s Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee to advise of the opening of the consultation. The consultation will take place in good time before the relevant mandatory provisions of the regulation take effect.