Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether extending the implementation period for the UK's withdrawal from the EU would mean that payments by the UK to the EU during that period would qualify for a full rebate.

The financial terms of any extension to the implementation period would be subject to negotiations between the UK and the EU. However, the Government would not necessarily expect any option to extend the implementation period to be used. The draft legal text published by the UK and EU states that the implementation period will end on 31 December 2020, and the Government is working at pace to ensure that we have a future relationship in place by that date.