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	date	26/02/2019
	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	What steps the Government is taking to prepare contingency plans for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	uin	909509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>Leaving the EU with a deal remains the Government’s top priority. Our no deal preparations will ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality. Extensive preparations have been underway for over two years and these are continuing.</p><p>We have passed critical legislation, signed international agreements, recruited additional staff and guaranteed certain EU funding in a no deal scenario. Border Force is recruiting c.600 additional Border Force officers and HMRC have already hired over 2,300 extra staff for Brexit, including additional operational staff, like customs inspectors.</p><p>In September 2018, and again in December and February, HMRC sent letters to the 145,000 VAT registered businesses who currently trade with the EU advising them what action they need to take on customs in the event of no deal.</p><p>We have also published and updated 106 specific technical notices to help businesses, citizens and consumers prepare for a no-deal scenario.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 28/02/2019 13:58:33 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

1077141

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether discussions have taken place with EU officials on the adoption of a customs union since the vote on the Withdrawal Agreement on 15 January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	225575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s position on customs is as set out in the Political Declaration and we seek to further agree these proposals in the next phase of the negotiations.</p><p>The UK and the EU will put in place ambitious customs arrangements, using all facilitative arrangements and technologies, which meet the objectives and principles set out in the Political Declaration, including recognising the development of an independent trade policy by the UK beyond the economic partnership with the EU.</p><p>The Government has been clear in it's customs proposals that we want an independent trade policy, which is not possible inside a customs union.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/02/2019 16:08:00 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West