Asked by: David Jones (Conservative - Clwyd West)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings have taken place between officials of his Department and representatives of the European Round Table of Industrialists since July 2016.
Answered by Suella Braverman
Ministers and officials in the Department continue to engage with business in the UK and across Europe to explain our approach for a principled Brexit, and ensure that we can draw on business insight to deliver a pragmatic one.
The previous Secretary of State met the European Roundtable of Industrialists in January 2018, and again with the Prime Minister in May of this year. Official-led engagement has supplemented this engagement.
Details of these engagements, along with all other ministerial and senior official engagements, is available through the quarterly transparency returns.
Asked by: David Jones (Conservative - Clwyd West)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings with representatives of businesses headquartered (a) outside the UK and (b) within the UK have been arranged by his Department's Directorate of Communications and Stakeholders since July 2016.
Answered by Suella Braverman
Ministers and officials continue to engage across all sectors of the economy.
Since the Department was established Ministers have had over 500 engagements with stakeholders, many of which have significant international operations. In addition, the Ministerial team has undertaken 72 visits to Member States since July 2016, many of which have included engagements with businesses in those countries.
All engagements are listed in the quarterly transparency returns.
Ministers and officials will continue to engage broadly across the UK and internationally so that we can achieve a deal that is in the mutual interest of both sides.