Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made in laying statutory instruments related to EU exit preparedness; and if he will make a statement.

The Government has made good progress in laying the up to 600 statutory instruments required by exit day to ensure a functioning statute book. As of 4 February, the Department has laid 13 exit-related Statutory Instruments, and has laid a further 10 Statutory Instruments on behalf of the Food Standards Agency. All exit-related Statutory Instruments are published on legislation.gov.uk, and include ‘EU Exit’ in their title.