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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made on extending the UK grace periods for products labelled with the CE mark, but not the new UKCA mark, beyond January 2022; and if he will make a statement.

Since the new UKCA regime was announced, we have worked closely with industry to help them meet their new obligations under the UK’s goods regime. We are aware businesses continue to feel the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has made adapting to the new regime more challenging.

Our priority is to support industry and ensure the continued circulation of safe and compliant products on the UK market. Therefore, in order to further support businesses in adapting to the new goods regime, we will introduce legislation which will allows CE-marked goods to continue to be placed on the GB market (England, Scotland, and Wales) for a further year until 1 January 2023.

We appreciate all businesses' efforts in preparing for the UKCA mark so far and strongly encourage them to continue preparing for the new UKCA mark as soon as possible.