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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what actions his Department has taken to ensure that owners of registered and unregistered community design rights maintain that protection when the UK leaves the EU.

The Government recognises that owners of existing Community registered and unregistered design rights want clarity over the coverage of those rights when the UK leaves the EU. We are exploring various options and we are discussing these with users of the system to establish the best way forward.