Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment the Government made of the ability under existing legislation to extend any transition period beyond December 2020 while negotiating a new trading relationship with the EU; and whether such a period would need to be covered under a separate treaty with the EU.
We are working at pace to ensure that the necessary arrangements for our future partnership are in place for 31 December 2020.