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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to protect and strengthen consumer rights when the UK leaves the EU.

The UK has a strong history of protecting consumer rights, and this will continue after we leave the EU.

UK consumer protections that are based on EU law will be retained through the EU Withdrawal Bill. This means that when buying from traders based in the UK British consumers will be able to rely on the same rights they have now.

The way consumer protections apply internationally in future (for example when purchasing goods online from an EU trader) is a matter for negotiations. We are carefully considering how best to cooperate on these issues with our EU partners after our exit.