Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland dated 20 January on the Chemical Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation, when they intend to begin a consultation on whether to apply a consistent regime across the UK.

Further to the answer provided in HL4285, on 20 January 2025 the Government set out its commitment to take any future steps necessary to avoid new barriers that would affect supplies of such products into Northern Ireland, and to consult on whether to apply a consistent regime across the UK. Work on this consultation is ongoing and it will happen as soon as possible.