Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 68958

Medical Equipment: Safety

Tabled: 17 July 2025
Answered: 24 July 2025

Question

Helena Dollimore

Labour (Co-op)Hastings and Rye

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the length of the statute of limitations for medical devices as specified under the Consumer Protection Act 1987.

Answer

Justin Madders
Given the importance, breadth and complexity of this area of law – and as I set out in Committee on the Product Regulation and Metrology Act – the Government has asked the Law Commission to conduct a full review of product liability legislation. This incl...

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