United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 33242
Batteries: Safety Measures
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14 July 2021
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19 July 2021 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to require button batteries to be coated with a bitter agent to discourage children from putting them in their mouths and swallowing those batteries.
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14 July 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to require button batteries to be coated with a bitter agent to discourage children from putting them in their mouths and swallowing those batteries.
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19 July 2021
Answer
The UK has a comprehensive consumer safety and protection regulatory framework that covers button batteries, with obligations on producers, manufacturers, importers and distributors to ensure their products are safe before they are placed on the market. T...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-14/33242
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1346734
- uk · wq-1346734 · source updated 19 July 2021