Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with European counterparts on improving mutual recognition of professional qualifications to support UK skills shortages and export sectors.

The Government remains committed to strengthening recognition of professional qualifications with the EU.

We continue to seek UK-EU recognition agreements for priority regulated professions via the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. We do so by Ministers raising it regularly with European counterparts, via the UK-EU dedicated dialogue on the recognition of professional qualifications which took place in April 2026, and by encouraging and supporting UK regulators to work with their EU counterparts, including through guidance and funding.