Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an agreement on future partnership and (b) no agreement with the EU; and if he will make a statement.

The Prime Minister has been clear that we need to plan for every eventuality. Defra has put in place a major programme of work to prepare for the UK’s departure from the EU, planning for a number of scenarios, including no agreement. I keep the effectiveness of these preparations under continual review.