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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on (a) regulating the import of electrical goods such as mobile phone chargers and (b) consumer protection and redress with trading partners for faulty of sub-standard goods after the UK leaves the EU.

Product safety is a priority of this Government and the UK has legislation in place, which requires manufacturers to place only safe products on the market and to take action where a safety issue is identified.

It is our priority to continue the UK’s strong history of protecting consumers. The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will convert directly applicable EU law into UK law and provide a power to correct parts of the law that no longer work. This will help maximise certainty for consumers and businesses as we leave the EU.