UK Trade with EU

(asked on 16th May 2019) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the costs to businesses of (1) completing movement certificates, and (2) having those certificates stamped at borders, if the UK is in a customs union with the EU after Brexit.


Answered by
Lord Young of Cookham Portrait
Lord Young of Cookham
This question was answered on 23rd May 2019

The Government is seeking a new customs arrangement that provides the most frictionless trade possible in goods between the UK and the EU.

The cost to businesses of any information requirements would depend on the precise nature of the arrangement.

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