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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to ensure UK notified bodies continue to operate effectively after the UK leaves the EU.

We recognise the valuable role that third party testing plays in giving business, consumers and the public confidence in products on the market and we have been engaging with manufacturers and testing bodies across the country to understand their concerns.

Through the EU Withdrawal Bill we will convert the body of existing EU law into domestic law with the aim of providing maximum legal certainty and confidence for citizens, consumers and businesses.

We want to agree a deep and special partnership with the EU that is based on the fundamental beliefs we share in free trade and high regulatory standards. The future relationship between the UK and the EU with respect to conformity assessment and other compliance activity is a matter for future negotiations.