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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with representatives of Jaguar Land Rover on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on (a) current plans to build electric cars in Coventry and (b) plans to create 6,000 new jobs on land south of the A45 by Coventry Airport as part of the Whitley South scheme.

We have regular dialogue with key stakeholders in the automotive sector such as Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) about a wide range of matters, including the challenges that leaving the EU poses and the opportunities that will become open to us.

JLR have recently announced plans for investment in their factories in the West Midlands, which will include production of electric vehicles.