Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that standards which facilitate the ease of trade with the EU through compatibility and interoperability of components, products and services in the automotive sector will be maintained after the UK has left the EU.

The Government has been working with the automotive sector to understand the challenges and opportunities that may arise in the coming months and years, and will continue to do so as the negotiations get underway.

The majority of safety standards applied to the automotive sector are agreed at an international level in the form of UNECE regulations and the UK will continue to accept products complying with these regulations after it exits the EU.

With regards to the EU27, under the Repeal Bill the Government will ensure that UK regulations and standards for motor vehicles are fully aligned with those in the EU on the day we leave the EU. Maintaining alignment going forwards will be a matter for future parliaments following the outcome of negotiations on the future economic partnership.