Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 5
5
Acknowledged
Trade agreement provides limited new market access for UK services into India.
Conclusion
While the Agreement provides greater certainty and stability for UK services providers, it delivers limited new market access into India. The practical value of the services provisions will therefore depend largely on effective implementation, particularly progress on mutual recognition of professional qualifications. Notwithstanding the Agreement’s commitments and the establishment of frameworks to support further UK–India mutual recognition of professional qualifications dialogue, the Committee is sceptical about the likelihood of how much will be delivered in practice. (Conclusion, Paragraph 58)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states that they will identify and encourage mutually interested UK and Indian bodies to negotiate mutual recognition agreements for professional qualifications and will actively facilitate MRPQs where they are of mutual interest, but it is ultimately the regulators' decision.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 17 April 2026. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗