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date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Batteries: Certification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making it mandatory for lithium-ion batteries to have third-party certification in order to be placed on the market.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	196398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is prioritising work to understand and tackle the risks presented by e-bikes and e-scooters and has commissioned research into the safety of lithium-ion batteries.</p><p> </p><p>OPSS and Local Authority Trading Standards Services have powers to remove unsafe products from sale and are using data and intelligence to target unsafe products at the border.</p><p> </p><p>The Government launched its Product Safety Review consultation on 2 August which explores the future of the UK’s product safety framework including consideration of third party conformity assessment requirements.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 August, the Home Office published new guidance for consumers on safe battery charging practices in the home.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 196397 question first answered 11/09/2023 16:09:35 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

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date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to appoint a new chariman to the Leasehold Advisory Service.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	196398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Consideration will be given to the position of Chairman of the Leasehold Advisory Service later this year, when the current term of office is due to end.</p><p>This will be carried out in line with the Code of Practice for Ministerial appointments to Public Bodies published by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley