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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the continued supply of glass for the construction industry after the UK leaves the EU.

There are currently three large scale furnaces manufacturing flat glass in the UK, capable of supplying the demand in the construction industry. The speed of supply to customers is influenced by the level of production, and there can be periods where this is reduced, for example due to maintenance work on one of the furnaces. However, the Government does not expect there to be any significant long-term problems in the level of supply.

The Government continues to work with the construction industry and other sectors to ensure that they will have access to glass and materials after the UK leaves the EU, and with the glass manufacturing sector to support its competitiveness.