A Bill to make provision about the safety of button batteries; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
29 April 2022
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The Button Batteries (Safety) Bill would introduce new safety duties on the makers and importers of button batteries to make them safer and to improve the safety of products that use them. It aims to cut serious injuries to children from swallowing or handling these batteries by requiring safer design, clearer warnings, and better packaging, with regulators empowered to enforce the rules.
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21 Jul 2021
6 May 2022
The 2021-2022 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
