Member

New clauses 1 to 4 relate to product labelling. We will not be accepting them, but I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central for tabling new clause 1 and for shining a light, as he always does, on an important UK sector that is very important to his part of the world. Manufacturers can already indicate the country of origin on the labelling of their goods, as long as the information is accurate. Falsely claiming that products are made in the UK is an offence under existing UK consumer law, which prohibits traders from misleading consumers. I understand that my hon. Friend has a private Member’s Bill on the country of origin for ceramics, which was introduced on 2 April and is listed for Second Reading next week. I will be interested to hear that debate, and I am always willing to engage with him on this important issue for his constituents.