Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the UK Gigafactory Commission, Britain's Battery Future, published on 21 January; and what action they plan to take in response to the recommendations in that report.

At the UK Gigafactory Commission’s launch event on 21^st January, Minister McDonald thanked Lord Hutton and the Commissioners for their work and agreed that developing a domestic battery manufacturing base is essential for the UK.

The Government has put batteries and electric vehicles at the heart of the Modern Industrial Strategy, including the UK's largest single commitment to battery R&D of £452 million to 2030 in the new Battery Innovation Programme.

The Government is also engaging at the most senior levels with global manufacturers to attract additional Battery and EV manufacturing to the UK and will continue to do so.