Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the Government plans to negotiate a deal with the EU which has the flexibility required to ensure that the Scotch whisky industry's interests are protected in line with any future changes in market conditions.

As part of our preparations to leave the EU, we will consider future global trading relationships and the impacts on the food and drink industry. Our ambition is for the UK to become a truly global trading nation and there are great opportunities for Scotland's most celebrated exports, such as Scotch Whisky, to take advantage of the growing interest in British food and drink around the world.