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Written Question
UK Relations with EU: Trade Barriers
Tuesday 14th January 2025

Asked by: Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat - North Cornwall)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits and (b) impact on trade barriers of re-joining the EU (i) single market and (ii) customs union.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

The Government is resetting the relationship with our European friends to strengthen ties and tackle barriers to trade. We have been clear that there will be no return to the customs union or the single market.