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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how he plans to implement the recommendations proposed in the final report from the Made Smarter Review.

The Government welcomes the independent industry led ‘Made Smarter Review’. We look forward to working with industry and colleagues to capitalise on the huge potential digitalisation offers to UK manufacturing highlighted in the report.

My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State, along with colleagues across government including the Department for Education and Department for Culture, Media & Sport, are carefully considering the recommendations set out in the final report.