Trade and Cooperation Agreement Partnership Council: First Meeting

Monday 7th June 2021 Written Statements

[The Paymaster General (Penny Mordaunt)]

My noble Friend, Minister of State, Cabinet Office (right hon. Lord Frost CMG), has today made the following written statement:



The first meeting of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement Partnership Council will take place on 9 June 2021, in person and by video conference, hosted by the UK.



The meeting will be co-chaired by the Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, right hon. Lord Frost CMG, and Vice President of the European Commission, Maroš Šefčovič.



The agenda will include nine items:



Introduction



Welcome, opening remarks from the co-chairs

Formal adoption of the agenda



Sanitary and phytosanitary measures and customs and trade facilitation



Fisheries



Law enforcement



Long-term visa fees



Participation in union programmes



Update on institutional framework



Tentative timetable of meetings of Committees under the TCA

Parliamentary Partnership Assembly

Civil Society Forum



AOB



Concluding remarks



The UK delegation will include:



Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, right hon. Lord Frost CMG;

Paymaster General, right hon. Penny Mordaunt MP;

Ministers from the devolved administrations.

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