Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will ban import of electric vehicles that use software from Chinese or Russian companies in order to implement clause 5(b) of the UK–USA Economic Prosperity Deal.

The Government continually monitors its policies to understand and mitigate potential security threats from a wide range of technologies. The UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal does not preclude us from making independent decisions and we will ensure that any action we take is appropriate for our circumstances. This is a unique deal that ensures UK industries are protected. For the car industry, we have negotiated a 100,000 unit quota that reduces tariffs from 27.5% to 10%.

As set out in the General Terms, negotiations with the US will build on our close collaboration to further increase the resilience of our supply chains.