Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he is making on delivering the UK Government’s commitment to introduce secondary legislation to amend GB CLP to introduce new EU hazard classifications by June 2027.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) intends to deliver the Government commitment to amend the Great Britain Classification, Labelling and Packaging (GB CLP) Regulation to establish a consistent CLP regime between GB and Northern Ireland (NI), through the adoption of the EU CLP requirements for six new hazard classes and new hazard communication and labelling requirements.

As part of that work, HSE conducted a survey with industry in Spring 2026 on potential costs of adopting these measures. As part of the next steps, HSE intends to publish a public consultation on the measures to deliver the commitment, subject to Ministerial agreement.