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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government has taken to secure rights of representation for UK-based Chartered Trade Mark Attorneys working in the EU after the UK leaves the EU.

The UK’s intellectual property system is consistently rated amongst the best in the world, and I recognise the value that the attorney profession brings to the system and the wider economy.

As we turn to the Future Economic Partnership with the EU, we will seek a comprehensive arrangement on trade in services, which will cover a wide range of sectors, including professional and business services.