Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what further reforms the Government is seeking in the European Single Market. [112723]

Norman Lamb MP; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: The Government continues to work closely with the Commission, the European Parliament and other member states, to shape policies affecting the single market. UK priorities for reform include strengthening single market implementation, ensuring full implementation of the services directive and supporting the creation of the digital single market. We expect the Commission to bring forward further proposals to strengthen the single market in the autumn. In April, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Vince Cable), attended a meeting of likeminded Ministers in Lithuania to agree a vision for single market reform. A paper setting out shared priorities was subsequently presented to the Competitiveness Council.