Question follow-through · 80214
UK Relations with EU: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what mechanisms exist for monitoring mutual recognition of professional qualifications between the UK and EU under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 16 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what mechanisms exist for monitoring mutual recognition of professional qualifications between the UK and EU under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Trade and Cooperation Agreement contains provisions which allow the UK and EU to agree recognition of professional qualifications arrangements for specific sectors where this is jointly proposed by UK and EU regulators. The annual Trade Specialised Co...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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