Water Sports: Safety

(asked on 1st September 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to require retailers to sell (a) leashes, (b) personal flotation devices and (c) other essential safety equipment alongside paddleboards and kayaks.


Answered by
Stuart Andrew Portrait
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 11th September 2023

The government does not provide advice to retailers on how to display products.

National Governing Bodies (NGBs) are responsible for the regulation of their sports and for ensuring that appropriate measures are in place to protect participants from harm. They have a responsibility to make the safety and welfare of participants their top priority, including through access to relevant safety equipment, training and education. Both British Canoeing and Surfing England provide safety advice to participants as do organisations such as the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

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