Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 40437
Trading Standards
Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 31 March 2025
Question
Mark Pritchard
Conservative — The Wrekin
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will increase (a) criminal sanctions and (b) financial penalties for breaches of Trading Standards laws.
Answer
Justin MaddersLocal authority trading standards services oversee numerous pieces of legislation, including consumer protection, product safety, weights and measures, food standards, animal health and welfare, environmental protection, estates and lettings, and age-rest...
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