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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of rules of origin under the proposed maximum facilitation model on the manufacturing sector.

My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and his officials have been working closely with businesses across a range sectors, as well as other government departments, to understand the impacts of future customs arrangements, including any rules of origin, on businesses and the economy . As my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister has stated, we are committed to ensuring that trade between the UK and the EU is as frictionless as possible.