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Chemicals: Regulation

Asked by Ian ByrneLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 29 October 2025UIN 83953

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a national chemicals regulator.

Answered by Emma Hardy

The Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency between them regulate the UK’s chemicals regimes.

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