Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 15376

Batteries: EU Law

Tabled: 2 July 2026
Answered: 9 July 2026

Question

Justin Madders

Labour — Ellesmere Port and Bromborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential risk of Great Britain becoming a market for lower-specification or less sustainable batteries if regulatory alignment with EU R

Answer

Mary Creagh
No assessment has been made of the potential risk of Great Britain becoming a market for lower-specification or less sustainable batteries as a result of divergence with EU Regulation 2023/1542. While some obligations have already come into force in EU Re...
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