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Chemicals: Safety

Asked by Ruth JonesLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 3 November 2025UIN 85309

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will create new regulatory protections from hazardous chemicals similar to those of the EU in the revised Environmental Improvement Plan.

Answered by Emma Hardy

The revised Environmental Improvement Plan will set out our approach to chemicals management.

The ‘UK REACH Rationale for Prioritising Substances in the UK REACH Work Programme: 2025 to 2026’ policy paper set out our strategic approach to chemicals regulation. Notably that we are seeking to draw more from regulatory decision-making in other jurisdictions, and that this should enable new protections to be applied more quickly, more efficiently, and in a way which is more aligned with our closest trading partners.

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