In November 2017, the House of Commons Committee on Exiting the
European Union (the Committee) published impact assessment reports
of Brexit on various UK business sectors. The Report on the Technology (ICT)
Sector (the Report) is a mix of qualitative and quantitative
analysis. For each business sector, the Report includes: (i) a
description of the sector; (ii) the current EU regulatory regime in
which the sector operates; and (iii) an explanation of the
frameworks governing how trade is facilitated between countries in
the sector. Information provided by the government to the Committee
about specific sector views has been withheld by the Committee.
Sector overview
The UK digital sector is vast. It covers digital goods, digital
services and digitally enabled transactions of goods and services.
It includes the following services and products: (i) audio-visual;
(ii) e-commerce; (iii) telecommunications; (iv) data; (v) emerging
industries, such as artificial
