Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timetable is for the Unified Patent Court (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2017 to be laid before Parliament.

The Unified Patent Court (Privileges and Immunities) Order 2017 was laid before Parliament on 26 June 2017.

The next stage is for the Order to be scrutinised by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments; the membership of this Committee is still to be confirmed and timetable published.

A separate Order on Privileges and Immunities for the Unified Patent Court was laid in Holyrood on 30 August 2017. It passed scrutiny on 19 September 2017. The Order will now pass to the Scottish Parliament for approval on 25 October 2017.