Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on potential increases in the amount of Scotch whisky exported.

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland on the 1st of January 2017, UIN 61800; copied below:

Whisky is a major export worth £3.9 billion in 2015 and there are opportunities for future growth. We are fully engaged with the Scotch Whisky Association and are working to maintain access to current markets and open new ones through a range of tools to strengthen our trade relationships.