Question follow-through · 8232

Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with the European Commission on ensuring that UK-built vehicles and components are treated as equivalent to EU-origin content under future “Made in Europe” autom

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
9 Jun 2026
Target answer date
11 Jun 2026
Answer
12 Jun 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 9 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with the European Commission on ensuring that UK-built vehicles and components are treated as equivalent to EU-origin content under future “Made in Europe” autom

  2. 11 Jun 2026

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  3. 12 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    My department is looking carefully at the proposed measures in the EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act. Where these measures, as currently drafted, could disadvantage the UK’s automotive sector, or UK-EU integrated automotive supply chains, the Secretary of S...

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