Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Oct 2021
Income Tax (Charge)
"rose—..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
View all Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) contributions to the debate on: Income Tax (Charge)
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Oct 2021
Income Tax (Charge)
"Further to my intervention on the right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband), it is all about delay. One of the terrifying aspects of delay is that we have the skills in Scotland—welders, fabricators, pipe fitters—but the people with those skills are ageing. Every year that goes by, we …..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
View all Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) contributions to the debate on: Income Tax (Charge)
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Oct 2021
Income Tax (Charge)
"Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the problem affects a slightly wider area than just the south of Scotland, and that the very remote areas of the highlands have the same problem as he does?..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
View all Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) contributions to the debate on: Income Tax (Charge)
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Oct 2021
Income Tax (Charge)
"I am the only speaker for my party in this debate, so I hope that the House will forgive me if I adopt a slightly winding-up tone. I want to put on record what a pleasure it has been to take part in the debate after the long time we …..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
View all Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) contributions to the debate on: Income Tax (Charge)
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Oct 2021
Post Office Closures
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I congratulate the hon. Member for Motherwell and Wishaw (Marion Fellows) on bringing forward this important debate, which is very pertinent to my constituency. I want to touch on the tragic death of Sir David. When I arrived four …..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
View all Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) contributions to the debate on: Post Office Closures
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Oct 2021
Post Office Closures
"I thank the hon. Lady for that very useful intervention. Her point is very well made indeed...."Jamie Stone - View Speech
View all Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) contributions to the debate on: Post Office Closures
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Oct 2021
Post Office Closures
"My final point is simply this: where there is a post office service being conducted in a retail premises that is not a post office—a newsagent or some other business—there is an issue. I can think of an example in my constituency, where privacy tended to be invaded. Someone would …..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
View all Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) contributions to the debate on: Post Office Closures
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Oct 2021
Post Office Closures
"Does the Minister accept that his point about 99% of the population living within three miles of their nearest branch does not apply to my constituency?..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
View all Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) contributions to the debate on: Post Office Closures
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Sep 2021
UK Gas Market
"As you know, Mr Speaker, this is a bit personal for me because the village of Altnaharra is the coldest place in the UK every year. With the cut to universal credit, far too many people are going to have to make the hellish choice between switching off the electricity …..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
View all Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) contributions to the debate on: UK Gas Market
Written Question
Thursday 15th July 2021
Asked by:
Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrat - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting as Government policy the recommendations of Electrical Safety First's campaign on (a) improving the regulation of electrical goods on online marketplaces and (b) bringing the regulation of those goods on online marketplaces into line with the regulation of those goods on the physical high street.
Answered by Paul Scully
The Government is committed to ensuring that only safe products can be sold in the UK.
Existing laws require that all consumer products, including electrical goods sold online, must be safe before they can be placed on the UK market. The national product safety regulator, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), and Local Authority Trading Standards have powers to take action against manufacturers, importers or distributors who sell unsafe consumer products through online marketplaces.
The OPSS also actively identifies products available online that pose a serious risk, ensuring that non-compliant products being sold by third-party sellers are removed from sale. Between February and April 2021, OPSS interventions led to the withdrawal and recall of more than 5,000 unsafe products previously listed and available in the UK via online marketplaces.
The OPSS is currently conducting a review of the UK’s product safety framework, including in relation to e-commerce, to ensure it remains fit for purpose, protects consumers, and enables businesses to innovate and grow. Through the review, officials are engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure we have the broadest possible evidence base to inform future policy. This includes Electrical Safety First who participated in recent roundtable discussions on the review.
The Government issued a public Call for Evidence to support the review which closed on 17 June. Officials are currently reviewing the evidence received and we will publish a response in due course.