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1045667

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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	Customs Unions
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 he has made of the potential merits of the UK negotiating a permanent UK-EU customs union.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	210720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>We will not enter a Customs Union because it would not respect the result of the referendum and would not allow for an independent trade policy. The partnership we are seeking with the EU will include an ambitious customs arrangement between the UK and EU, and the trading relationship on goods will be as ambitious as possible. There will be no tariffs, fees, charges, or quotas.</p><p>Both the EU and UK have been clear that our future partnership will respect the development of an independent UK trade policy beyond the economic partnership with the EU.</p><p>This would not be possible in the customs union.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/01/2019 16:43:48 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1019992

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
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	Customs Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the UK is not forced to stay in a customs union by the EU.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	198782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The agreed Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, in the Withdrawal Agreement, guarantees that even in the event that the UK’s future relationship with the EU is not in place by the end of the Implementation Period, there will be no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. The Withdrawal Agreement provides for a single customs territory between the UK and the EU. This ensures that Northern Ireland remains in the same customs territory as Great Britain, while meeting our commitments to the people of Northern Ireland to ensure no hard border on the island of Ireland. Both sides have been clear that the backstop is an insurance policy which we do not expect to use, and if needed, is explicitly temporary.</p><p>The Political Declaration is clear that there will be an economic partnership between the UK and the EU with no tariffs or quotas, with ambitious customs arrangements that build and improve on the Withdrawal Agreement. In building and improving on the arrangements in the Withdrawal Agreement, the Political Declaration is clear that the UK and EU will act in line with the objectives and principles of the agreement, including the development of an independent UK trade policy beyond the economic partnership with the EU.</p><p>Preparatory organisational work for the formal negotiations on the future relationship will begin as soon as the Withdrawal Agreement is concluded, and before the UK leaves the EU, focusing on key issues such as the development of alternative arrangements for ensuring the absence of a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland on a permanent footing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 11/12/2018 11:23:06 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

922291

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Customs Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the effect of the UK entering a customs union with the EU after the UK leaves the EU on future trade deals with third party countries.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	152749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade has regular discussions with his Cabinet colleagues on a variety of topics.</p><p> </p><p>We are leaving the Customs Union and have presented two potential options for our future customs relationship with the EU: the New Customs Partnership and the Highly Streamlined Customs Arrangement.</p><p> </p><p>The government will be guided by what delivers the greatest economic advantage to the UK and by our strategic objectives: to keep trade with the EU as frictionless as possible; to avoid a ‘hard border’ between Ireland and Northern Ireland and to establish an independent international trade policy.</p><p> </p><p>Leaving the Customs Union will allow an independent UK trade policy to reach ambitious and innovative trade agreements with the world's fastest-growing economies.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/06/2018 16:32:04 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

919123

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 23 May and 5 June 2018 to the Treasury Committee, whether he has seen briefing papers on the estimated figures of £17-20 billion on the costs of the maximum facilitation model; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of those estimates.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	151170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The analysis to support the estimated £17-20 billion figure was published in a letter by the Chief Executive of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to the Treasury Select Committee on 5 June, 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The government is considering two approaches to a future customs relationship with the EU: a ‘new customs partnership’ and a ‘highly streamlined customs arrangement’. Ongoing analysis continues to support the development of both models.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 12/06/2018 10:12:13 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

918392

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of customs brokers that would be required in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) without a deal, (b) with a new customs partnership and (c) with a maximum facilitation agreement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	150606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of customs brokers in supporting business through the importing and exporting process.</p><p> </p><p>Future customs arrangements will depend on the outcome of the negotiations. In some scenarios, following the UK’s exit from the EU, we expect that there would need to be an increase in capacity in the customs broker sector to meet business needs.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering capacity and capability requirements for future customs arrangements as part of our EU exit planning.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/06/2018 16:24:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

918393

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) the economy and (b) revenue to the public purse of not recruiting an adequate number of customs brokers in the event that the UK leaves the EU (i) without a deal (ii) with a new customs partnership and (iii) with a maximum facilitation agreement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	150607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of customs brokers in supporting business through the importing and exporting process.</p><p> </p><p>Future customs arrangements will depend on the outcome of the negotiations. In some scenarios, following the UK’s exit from the EU, we expect that there would need to be an increase in capacity in the customs broker sector to meet business needs.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering capacity and capability requirements for future customs arrangements as part of our EU exit planning.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/06/2018 16:27:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

909647

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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	Customs Unions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what would any backstop period, when the UK remained part of the Customs Union after leaving the EU, entail; and how would it differ from any transition period.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL8142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK agreed in the Joint Report that a backstop option to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland and Ireland and maintain the economic integrity of the UK should be translated into legally binding text. The Prime Minister has been clear that the current drafting of the EU’s backstop proposal is unacceptable. We will bring forward our own proposal in due course.</p><p>With regard to the second point, the UK and EU negotiating teams have reached agreement on the terms of an implementation period that will start on 30 March 2019 and last until 31 December 2020. During this period the UK will no longer be a Member State of the European Union, but market access will continue on current terms.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 06/06/2018 16:04:34 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

909648

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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	Customs Unions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government in what circumstances would any backstop period, when the UK remained part of the Customs Union after leaving the EU, be enacted.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL8143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>We agreed in the Joint Report that a backstop option to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland and Ireland and maintain the economic integrity of the UK should be translated into legally binding text. The Prime Minister has been clear that the current drafting of the EU’s backstop proposal is unacceptable. We will bring forward a our own proposal in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL8144 question first answered 04/06/2018 15:37:49 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

909649

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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	Customs Unions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the duration of any backstop period, when the UK remained part of the Customs Union after leaving the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL8144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>We agreed in the Joint Report that a backstop option to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland and Ireland and maintain the economic integrity of the UK should be translated into legally binding text. The Prime Minister has been clear that the current drafting of the EU’s backstop proposal is unacceptable. We will bring forward a our own proposal in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL8143 question first answered 04/06/2018 15:37:50 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

909650

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Customs Unions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of any backstop period, when the UK remained part of the Customs Union after leaving the EU, on the UK’s ability to negotiate trade deals with foreign countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL8145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK and EU agreed at the March European Council that we will be able to negotiate, sign and ratify new trade agreements with old friends — and new allies — around the globe from the day of our exit from the EU and at the start of the implementation period. The Department for International Trade's priority for now is to be in a position to begin formal negotiations with key partners immediately after we leave the EU. The backstop solution put forward by the EU is not acceptable and that’s why the UK will be bringing forward its own proposal. We want to make progress as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 06/06/2018 14:38:40 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick