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 creation of the new independent Industrial Strategy Council.
The Industrial Strategy Council will be independent and tasked with taking a long-tern view. It will be responsible for putting the right evaluation and reporting structures in place to assess our progress.
We will begin the process to establish the Council as soon as possible. Our aim is for it to start work in spring 2018.