Question follow-through · 3830
Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the (a) European Union’s Industrial Accelerator Act and (b) ‘Made in Europe’ rules on the car and vehicle manufacturing sector.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 21 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jun 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the (a) European Union’s Industrial Accelerator Act and (b) ‘Made in Europe’ rules on the car and vehicle manufacturing sector.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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1 Jun 2026
Answer published
The EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act, as currently drafted, could disadvantage both the UK’s automotive sector and the UK-EU integrated automotive supply chains, which is why the Secretary of State and I have raised concerns with EU member states, Commissi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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