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1135523

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	GATT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the EU chief negotiator has stated that the EU is willing to agree to the implementation of Article XXIV of the GATT in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	270694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>No such assurances have been sought from the EU, for a scenario where the UK leaves the EU without a deal, as the Government remains committed to seeking an agreement. The Government and the European Commission have been clear that our ​trading relationship must comply with WTO rules. GATT Article XXIV is the provision which allows WTO members to form free trade areas or customs unions, or to adopt an interim agreement necessary for the formation of a customs union or of a free trade area. It relates solely to trade in goods. Any preferential arrangement between the UK and EU under Article XXIV - whether temporary or permanent - requires the mutual agreement of both parties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 03/07/2019 16:39:39 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1136264

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what preparations his Department is making for the UK leaving the EU without an agreement; and how much funding has been allocated to those preparations.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	272115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>As a responsible Government, we’ve been preparing to leave the EU for nearly three years. We are putting in place a range of preparations for all scenarios and the Department for Exiting the European Union’s role is in part to deliver and legislate for the UK’s smooth and orderly exit from the EU.</p><p>The Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This funding is to cover all exit scenarios and is in addition to departmental efforts to reprioritise from business as usual toward preparations for the UK’s departure from the EU. Work on no-deal exit preparations cannot be readily separated from other EU exit work, given the significant overlap in plans in many cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 10/07/2019 12:40:49 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1131797

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings he held with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	263760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019, the Secretary of State met with Chris Jones, Chief Scientific Adviser at DExEU during that period, on one occasion. It should be noted that this was a dual role for Chris Jones, and was combined with his position as the Director of Justice, Security and Migration.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 19/06/2019 08:44:13 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1138893

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the oral evidence from the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Exiting the European Union to the Committee on Exiting the European Union of 4 September 2018, if he will list the 300 cross-government workstreams on the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	277295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has over 300 work streams looking at specific no deal plans across a range of sectors and these are well advanced. There is still some work to be done but departments are making sensible decisions about prioritisation.</p><p>The underlying detail for each workstream, including any assessment of those programmes, is exceptionally sensitive. If workstreams - or the underlying data - were made public, both our negotiating position and our ability to manage delivery across the programme would be significantly damaged.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 277296 question first answered 18/07/2019 16:58:20 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1138897

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the oral evidence from the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Exiting the European Union to the Committee on Exiting the European Union of 4 September 2018, at the point where they were last assessed, how many cross-departmental workstreams on the UK leaving the EU without a deal were rated as (a) red, (b) red/amber, (c) amber, (d) amber/green and (e) green.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	277296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has over 300 work streams looking at specific no deal plans across a range of sectors and these are well advanced. There is still some work to be done but departments are making sensible decisions about prioritisation.</p><p>The underlying detail for each workstream, including any assessment of those programmes, is exceptionally sensitive. If workstreams - or the underlying data - were made public, both our negotiating position and our ability to manage delivery across the programme would be significantly damaged.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 277295 question first answered 18/07/2019 16:58:20 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1130563

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	261260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information relating to the rate of pay for those employed by a third party agency or outsourcing arrangements as these would be held locally by the relevant organisations.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 14/06/2019 09:45:24 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1140183

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent assessment the Government has made of the UK's level of preparedness in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 31 October 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	278884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Leaving the EU with a deal remains our priority, but as a responsible Government we've been preparing for nearly three years to minimise disruption in the event of no deal.</p><p>We have over 300 work streams looking at specific no deal plans across a range of sectors and these are well advanced. There is still some work to be done but departments are making sensible decisions about prioritisation.</p><p>Departments report progress delivering each workstream on a regular basis. DExEU aggregates the cross-Government picture of readiness and provides regular updates to Ministers. This allows for the swift resolution of barriers to improve the Government’s overall preparedness for exit.</p><p>As you might expect, these aggregate assessments of Government preparedness are exceptionally sensitive. If our overall assessment - or the underlying data - were made public, both our negotiating position and our ability to manage delivery across the programme would be significantly damaged.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 23/07/2019 09:27:36 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1128327

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how much his Department has spent on preparing for leaving the EU without a deal since March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	257566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of funding for all exit scenarios since 2016.</p><p>However, given the significant overlap of work across scenarios, the Department does not record costs against specific scenarios. The Department does not therefore hold this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 05/06/2019 10:16:52 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1137870

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Brexit: Parliamentary Scrutiny
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) Statutory Instruments and (b) Bills on leaving the EU that (i) have not yet be approved by Parliament and (ii) the Government plans to bring forward before 31 October 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	275225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has made over 530 exit-related statutory instruments. The necessary preparations are in place to ensure a functioning statute book for exit day, as they were before 12 April. There will be a number of additional statutory instruments laid over the coming months to account for any new updates to EU regulations during the extension period.</p><p>The progress of all bills currently before Parliament can be tracked on parliament.uk. We will need to introduce a bill to implement the Withdrawal Agreement if a deal is approved by Parliament.</p><p>The Government is confident that we will have all the necessary legislation in place by exit day.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 15/07/2019 16:01:11 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1137732

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what cross-party discussions have taken place on preparations for the UK leaving the EU on WTO terms.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	275193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has consulted with Members from all sides of the House on a range of issues relating to the UK’s withdrawal from, and future relationship with the EU.</p><p>If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the UK would implement a temporary tariff regime that takes a balanced approach to support the UK economy as a whole. It will maintain open trade on the majority of UK imports, to support consumers and business supply chains, but retain necessary tariff protection for particular sectors of the UK economy. This would apply for up to 12 months while a full consultation, and review on a permanent approach, is undertaken.</p><p>As a responsible government we’ve been preparing to minimise any disruption in the event of no deal for over three years. We remain focused on ensuring our smooth and orderly withdrawal from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 15/07/2019 16:08:25 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon