Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood of finalising a UK–EU Brexit agreement by October 2018; and if such an agreement were reached, whether the date of withdrawal will be brought forward.

We have made rapid progress on the Withdrawal Agreement from the EU, agreeing the majority of the legal text including all of the chapters on the implementation period, citizens’ rights and the financial settlement­.

We will carry this momentum forward as we work to agree the remaining areas and conclude the Withdrawal Agreement by October 2018, before we leave the EU at the end of March 2019.