Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he has discussions with the European Commission on the potential impact of the proposed EU Industrial Accelerator Act on the level of UK jobs in the automotive sector.

My department is looking carefully at the proposed measures in the EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act. Where these measures, as currently drafted, could disadvantage the UK’s automotive sector, or UK-EU integrated automotive supply chains, the Secretary of State, Minister Sarwar, and I have and are continuing to engage positively with EU member states, Commission counterparts, and MEPs. The Secretary of State and I continue to engage industry to assess potential impacts to business, including job numbers.