Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 14572
Locksmiths: Regulation
Tabled: 15 November 2024
Answered: 21 November 2024
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making locksmithing a regulated profession to tackle rogue traders.
Answer
Justin MaddersThe UK’s framework for occupational regulation upholds public protection, while ensuring regulatory burdens on industry are proportionate. Although the locksmithing profession is not subject to statutory regulation, several self-regulating trade associati...
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