Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will confirm whether his Department has conducted a sectoral impact assessment of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on UK business.

The Centre for Economic Policy Research’s assessment of the potential impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on the UK includes projections of the impact for 20 sectors. For details, please see the report which can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-and-investment-agreement-between-eu-and-usa-estimated-impact-on-uk