Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many Mutual Recognition Agreements the UK currently has with third nations through EU membership; and whether it is his policy to seek to maintain those agreements after the UK leaves the EU.

The UK currently benefits from a wide range of agreements that have commitments on mutual recognition. The UK remains committed to pursuing free trade. That includes seeking to achieve continuity in our trade and investment relationships with third countries, including those covered by EU agreements with other countries, such as Mutual Recognition Agreements. We are actively exploring what may be possible with our trading partners on ways to achieve this.