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<p>As part of our work preparing to make a success of our departure from the European
Union, we are carrying out a broad range of analysis as you would expect a responsible
Government to do.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Officials across government engage
regularly on regional issues to ensure each department’s work programmes consider
the impact of Brexit on regions and nations of the UK, including Yorkshire. In the
last year three present and former DExEU ministers visited Yorkshire. In October,
the Secretary of State and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Steve Baker
met with the Northern Combined Authority Mayors in York. Prior to that, former Parliamentary
Under Secretary of State Lord Bridges hosted a roundtable in Leeds with Yorkshire
business leaders and visited a manufacturing site.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As
we move into the second phase of negotiations we are confident of agreeing a bold
and ambitious Free Trade Agreement with the EU that is of greater scope than any such
existing agreement. We believe that securing a future partnership between the UK and
EU is in the interests of both sides, so we approach these negotiations anticipating
success. We do not want or expect an outcome where no trade agreement is agreed.</p><p>
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