Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Brexit uncertainty on the UK commercial construction sector.

I refer my noble Friend to the answer I gave him on 19^th February 2019 to Question HL13476.

The latest output figures published monthly by the Office of National Statistics show that construction grew by 0.7% in 2018 and by 2.8% in January 2019, remaining at the record levels reported in the second half of 2018. External forecasts suggest that the industry will continue to grow in 2019 and 2020, led by activity in the infrastructure and private housing sectors.