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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 7 February 2018, Official Report, Column 1503, on the Taylor Review, what plans his Department has to abolish the Swedish Derogation.

As the Government clearly set out in its response to the Taylor review it is our intention to consult on the extent and scale of the issue to ensure the most appropriate response is adopted.