Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what comparative forecast her Department has made of the potential change in demand for UK exports to Japan of the goods listed in paragraphs 1 to 10 of Sub-Section 2 of Annex 2-A, Part 3, Section B of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic partnership Agreement (a) over the next five years and (b) the under a scenario of continuing the terms of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement.

In response to the Rt Hon. Member’s questions, I refer her to my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade’s letter of 11 November 2020 on these issues. A copy has been deposited in the House library.