HSE Chemicals Legislative Reform Consultation

Thu 24 Jul, 10:13

You may have missed, amongst the excitement of new trade deals with the US & India a consultation on the deregulation of chemicals permitted to be used in imports from 'trusted foreign jurisdictions'.

https://consultations.hse.gov.uk/hse/chemicals-legislative-reform-proposals/consultation/

The Government is proposing that we should no longer have a set of standards agreed by ourselves and that in future the standards of our trusted trading partners will be accepted.  We must now accept the rules of nations with whom we trade rather than setting those rules in a democratic process.

  This consultation appeared quietly without fanfare or announcement just before the summer holidays.  The deadline for responses is 18th August.

I would urge our Town, District and County Councils, the Health Services, the Cotswold wildlife and environment groups, farmers particularly and all concerned residents to spend a half hour responding to this online questionnaire.  Thank you.