Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 23604

Imports

Tabled: 13 January 2025
Answered: 20 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Ann Davies

Plaid CymruCaerfyrddin

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to tackle the impact of grey imports on UK businesses.

Answer

Feryal Clark
There are regulations that enable intellectual property rights owners to limit the sale of goods in some territories and these regulations may be used by rights owners to manage the parallel import of goods covered by their intellectual property rights.