motion_title: Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: New Clause 1 - Country of origin marking for ceramic products: assessment
motion_text: I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
  
  Clause text:
  
  New Clause 1 - Country of origin marking for ceramic products: assessment
  “(1) The Secretary of State must carry out an assessment of the potential benefits of introducing a country of origin marking for ceramic products sold in the United Kingdom.
  (2) A report setting out the outcome of the assessment must be published and laid before Parliament within six months of this Act being passed.
  (3) In this section—
  ‘ceramic product’ means a product—
  (a) shaped from clay and hardened by high temperature;
  (b) intended for use as tableware, kitchenware, or ornamentation;
  (c) intended for sale; and
  (d) made after this section comes into force;
  ‘country of origin’ means the country (including any constituent country of the United Kingdom) where the majority of the clay that comprises the product was first hardened by high temperature;
  ‘country of origin marking’ means a marking on the product stating the country in which the product was made.”—(Gareth Snell.)