Product Regulation and Metrology Bill: Second Reading

On 1 April 2025 the Bill had its at Second Reading in the Commons.

The Bill was initially introduced in the House of Lords on 4 September 2024 and first read in the Commons on 13 March 2025. 

On leaving the EU, the UK set up an independent regime for a product safety and metrology framework. The Bill  intends to ensure the UK is better placed to address modern day safety issues to protect consumers, adapting to new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), as well as reflect the shift in both what consumers buy and how they buy it.

The amendment to the Bill was defeated Ayes: 110   Noes 302, the question was put that the Bill be read a second time and passed its Second Reading :

Ayes 303, Noes 110.

The Bill now goes into a line-by-line scrutiny by a Bill committee.