Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 81599

Protective Clothing: Standards

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Kirsteen Sullivan

Labour (Co-op)Bathgate and Linlithgow

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will endorse the new BS30417 standard on PPE.

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Government strongly supports the principle of provision of inclusive personal protective equipment (PPE). While the Government does not routinely endorse individual standards, it may designate certain standards to confer a presumption of conformity fo...

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