Lead member
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Green Party, Life peer
Lords
Decision
Not moved
The amendment was not moved. The House was not invited to take a decision on it (though it may have been debated with other amendments).
Amendment text
After Clause 2
insert the following new Clause—
“Period product safety: regulations and requirements
(1)
Within one year of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must, by regulations under section 1, make provision to reduce risks as defined in section 1(4) presented by period products, including those for single use and for re-use.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, period products consist of items intended to collect menstrual blood.
(3)
Within one year of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must also make provision about period products requirements by regulations under section 2.
(4)
Regulations in accordance with subsection (3) must set out product requirements for the production, use, marking, marketing, testing, approval and provision of information (including information about risk) of period products.”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment intends to probe whether the Secretary of State will use powers under sections 1 and 2 to regulate period products, given the human and environmental health risks they represent.