Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh and Margot James

Tuesday 8th November 2016 Commons Chamber

[Margot James]

I can assure the hon. Gentleman that all standards derived from the EU that are considered by the UK Government to be necessary, as the vast majority will be, will continue to be enforced. I can reassure him also that National Trading Standards plays a vital role in cross-boundary enforcement, and the intelligence-led approach prevents many of those products from coming into the country in the first place.

[Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Ochil and South Perthshire) (SNP)]

6. What assessment he has made of the effect of the UK’s decision to leave the EU on the manufacturing sector.