Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the potential loss of Europol assistance in tackling missing trader intra-community fraud on the UK's ability to tackle value added tax fraud.
We recognise the challenges in negotiating a new relationship, but it is in the clear interest of both the UK and European partners that we find a way to continue to cooperate in this space. We remain committed to the safety of citizens across Europe, but it would be wrong to set out unilateral positions on specific measures in advance of negotiations.