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Chemicals: Regulation

Asked by Lizzi CollingeLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 8 July 2025UIN 64278

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the readiness of the chemicals sector for the 2026 UK REACH registration deadline for substances over 1,000 metric tonnes; and whether

Answered by Emma Hardy

We are aware of stakeholder concerns about the feasibility of these dates. We will provide further information in due course.

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