Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2020 to Question 42995, if she will publish the responses from the automotive industry.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13 May 2020 to Question UIN: 42995.

My department published a summary of responses to the Call for Input and the Government’s response to those comments on 13 May. This is available on gov.uk, alongside the UK’s negotiating objectives for a UK-Japan Free Trade Agreement.

We took the approach of publishing a summary of responses, including from the automotive industry, rather than publishing by individual sector to protect any business sensitive information that was shared.