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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the position paper, Continuity in the availability of goods for the EU and the EU, published on 21 August 2017, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the contents of that position paper.

Officials in the Department are working closely with the Department for Exiting the European Union and other Government departments to engage with the Devolved Administrations, Crown Dependencies and the Overseas Territories to build consensus around our negotiating position.