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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to paragraph 44 of the White Paper, The future relationship between the UK and the EU, Cm 9593, what (a) government and (b) regulatory activities will be included in the programme of risk-based market surveillance.

The Government takes the issue of consumer product safety seriously and is committed to ensuring that only safe products are placed on the UK market now and in the future. This includes a robust programme of risk-based market surveillance. This market surveillance programme will continue to include the ability to intercept products as they enter the UK, check products already on the market, and gather information through a variety of intelligence sources.