Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 89157
Stone
Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025
Question
Victoria Collins
Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of geographical indication protections for regionally significant natural stones.
Answer
Kanishka NarayanI am responding as minister with responsibility for intellectual property. Geographical indications for craft and industrial products, e.g. natural stones, can be protected in the UK via specialised collective and certification trade marks. Collective and...
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