AUTHORS: Nigel Haigh, Honorary Fellow, IEEP UK

In this briefing, IEEP UK’s Honorary Fellow Nigel Haigh OBE explores how UK chemical policy could develop in the context of the UK-EU Reset Summit taking place on the 19th May. The paper takes a look at how the UK could adopt the Swiss Model using the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill if it becomes law and how this could help to overcome HSE’s capacity problem, which by its own admission has prevented it from regulating effectively. It also looks at the case study of PFAS regulation, and the Environmental Audit Committee’s new inquiry into the control of this group of chemicals.

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