Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2018 to Question 125248 on trade agreements, whether the 20 EU-Switzerland joint committees to oversee bilateral agreements will be replicated by UK-Switzerland joint committees.

As the Secretary of State made clear in his speech in Teesside last month, the existing international agreements we are party to should continue to apply during the implementation period.

Once the implementation period ends, we will no longer be participants in the EU's international agreements. We will continue to work with third countries, including Switzerland, to agree how best to ensure continuity beyond the Implementation Period.