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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to reassure Japanese car makers that they will not face tariffs, interrupted supply chains, or losing Type Approval for their new automobile models, in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement.

As a result of the significant progress made in negotiations, and the agreement reached at the March European Council on the transition period and withdrawal agreement, we are increasingly confident that we will secure a deal with the EU and that the prospect of leaving negotiations with ‘no deal’ has receded significantly.

We want our future relationship with the EU to be a deep and special partnership. We are confident that this is in the interests of both sides to secure a good deal outcome. Both the UK and the EU share a strong commercial interest in preserving integrated supply chains, including those that support just-in-time production across the entire automotive sector.

Cross-government engagement with key stakeholders across the automotive sector since the referendum has informed and continues to inform our thinking.