Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish a list of the stakeholders consulted in advance of the publication of the European Union Withdrawal Agreement Bill on 21 October 2019.
Answered by James Duddridge
Since July 2016 - The Department for Exiting the European Union has organised over 850 recorded engagements with business and civil society stakeholders from every sector of the British economy since July 2016, and DExEU Ministers have attended over 120 roundtable meetings on a wide range of topics.
Regular forums have been held with over 70 intermediaries, trade associations and business organisations.
These engagements have informed all aspects of our exit from the European Union, including the Withdrawal Agreement, and provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill.
Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill is planned to include the framework for the UK's future relationship with the EU.
Answered by Suella Braverman
No. The EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill will only implement the Withdrawal Agreement. However the Bill will only be introduced following Parliament’s approval of the final deal covering both the withdrawal arrangements and the framework for the future relationship.
As the Prime Minister made clear in her Florence speech last year, the EU is not “legally able to conclude an agreement with the UK as an external partner while it is itself still part of the European Union”. Therefore, the Government will introduce further separate legislation where it is needed to implement the future relationship into UK law, ensuring Parliament is fully involved.
Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, on what date the modelling was undertaken for the document EU Exit Analysis – Cross Whitehall Briefing.
Answered by Robin Walker
We are complying with the motion of the Humble Address of 31st January to share this analysis with the Exiting the EU Select Committee and all members on a confidential basis. This document contains provisional internal analysis, as part of a broad ongoing programme of analysis. As Ministers clearly set out in the House, this analysis does not represent Government policy.
The work is a cross-Whitehall exercise. It has not been led by any single Department. The pack has only recently started to be shown to Ministers on the European Union Exit and Trade (Strategy and Negotiations) sub-Committee in order to get their input and feedback on how this analysis can be improved.
It is not standard practice to provide an running commentary on internal analytical work that is being carried out within government.
Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which ministers were entitled to view the document EU Exit Analysis – Cross Whitehall Briefing.
Answered by Robin Walker
We are complying with the motion of the Humble Address of 31st January to share this analysis with the Exiting the EU Select Committee and all members on a confidential basis. This document contains provisional internal analysis, as part of a broad ongoing programme of analysis. As Ministers clearly set out in the House, this analysis does not represent Government policy.
The work is a cross-Whitehall exercise. It has not been led by any single Department. The pack has only recently started to be shown to Ministers on the European Union Exit and Trade (Strategy and Negotiations) sub-Committee in order to get their input and feedback on how this analysis can be improved.
It is not standard practice to provide an running commentary on internal analytical work that is being carried out within government.
Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, on what date the first draft of the report on EU Exit Analysis – Cross Whitehall Briefing was finalised.
Answered by Robin Walker
We are complying with the motion of the Humble Address of 31st January to share this analysis with the Exiting the EU Select Committee and all members on a confidential basis. This document contains provisional internal analysis, as part of a broad ongoing programme of analysis. As Ministers clearly set out in the House, this analysis does not represent Government policy.
The work is a cross-Whitehall exercise. It has not been led by any single Department. The pack has only recently started to be shown to Ministers on the European Union Exit and Trade (Strategy and Negotiations) sub-Committee in order to get their input and feedback on how this analysis can be improved.
It is not standard practice to provide an running commentary on internal analytical work that is being carried out within government.
Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, on what date the report on EU Exit Analysis – Cross Whitehall Briefing was commissioned.
Answered by Robin Walker
We are complying with the motion of the Humble Address of 31st January to share this analysis with the Exiting the EU Select Committee and all members on a confidential basis. This document contains provisional internal analysis, as part of a broad ongoing programme of analysis. As Ministers clearly set out in the House, this analysis does not represent Government policy.
The work is a cross-Whitehall exercise. It has not been led by any single Department. The pack has only recently started to be shown to Ministers on the European Union Exit and Trade (Strategy and Negotiations) sub-Committee in order to get their input and feedback on how this analysis can be improved.
It is not standard practice to provide an running commentary on internal analytical work that is being carried out within government.
Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which Government Departments contributed to the report on EU Exit Analysis – Cross Whitehall Briefing.
Answered by Robin Walker
We are complying with the motion of the Humble Address of 31st January to share this analysis with the Exiting the EU Select Committee and all members on a confidential basis. This document contains provisional internal analysis, as part of a broad ongoing programme of analysis. As Ministers clearly set out in the House, this analysis does not represent Government policy.
The work is a cross-Whitehall exercise. It has not been led by any single Department. The pack has only recently started to be shown to Ministers on the European Union Exit and Trade (Strategy and Negotiations) sub-Committee in order to get their input and feedback on how this analysis can be improved.
It is not standard practice to provide an running commentary on internal analytical work that is being carried out within government.
Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which Government Department commissioned the report on EU Exit Analysis – Cross Whitehall Briefing.
Answered by Robin Walker
We are complying with the motion of the Humble Address of 31st January to share this analysis with the Exiting the EU Select Committee and all members on a confidential basis. This document contains provisional internal analysis, as part of a broad ongoing programme of analysis. As Ministers clearly set out in the House, this analysis does not represent Government policy.
The work is a cross-Whitehall exercise. It has not been led by any single Department. The pack has only recently started to be shown to Ministers on the European Union Exit and Trade (Strategy and Negotiations) sub-Committee in order to get their input and feedback on how this analysis can be improved.
It is not standard practice to provide an running commentary on internal analytical work that is being carried out within government.
Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, when he first received the document EU Exit Analysis – Cross Whitehall Briefing.
Answered by Robin Walker
The document to which the honorable member refers is preliminary analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations. It is not representative of Government policy. The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union first saw this document on the evening of the 29th January. This work is part of a wider ongoing programme of analysis being undertaken across Government. The Secretary of State has been updated on the progress of this work periodically.
Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the speech made by the Secretary of State for International Trade to the American Enterprise Institute of 24th July 2017, what assessment he has made of the effect of the increase in non-tariff barriers to trade between 2010 and 2015 on the UK’s future trade relationship with the EU in the event of the UK's reversion to WTO terms after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Robin Walker
As we move into the second phase of negotiations we are confident of agreeing a bold and ambitious economic partnership with the EU that is of greater scope than any such existing agreement.
The Government is carrying out an ongoing programme of comprehensive analytical work to define our deep and special partnership with the EU and inform our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks.
We will continue to engage with businesses and industry bodies from all sectors of the economy, and all regions of the UK, in order to inform our negotiations with the EU.
Whilst we will not release information that could be prejudicial to our negotiating position, nor provide a running commentary on the Government’s analysis, Ministers have undertaken to provide analysis of the proposed terms of the agreement ahead of a meaningful vote.