§ 30. Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department is taking to monitor implementation of EU directives relating to trade and industry matters in other member states. [100558]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe Department monitors the implementation of EU Single Directives in other member states through the European Commission's publication "The Single Market Scoreboard" and through contacts with UK industry and the Commission. The Scoreboard is published twice a year and is a very useful monitoring mechanism on the health of the Single Market. The Scoreboard, which is available in the House of Commons Library, includes a section covering rates of transposition of Directives in all EU states. The Scoreboard is regularly discussed at the Internal Market Council. We also, through our action Single Market unit, pursue individual complaints from UK industry with the member state in question and with the Commission.