Asked by: Kerry McCarthy (Labour - Bristol East)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with businesses in Bristol on (a) ending freedom of movement, (b) withdrawing from the EU single market and (c) their priorities for the Government's negotiations of the UK leaving the EU; and what research he has commissioned into the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the UK's core cities.
Answered by Robin Walker
Since the EU referendum, Ministers from across Government have met civil society organisations and businesses from every sector. Ministers from the Department for Exiting the European Union have played an active part in this effort, engaging with businesses in every sector cluster and visiting every region of the UK, including Bristol, to hear and understand their priorities for our exit negotiations. This is part of our commitment to build a national consensus on our negotiating position. Government has regular engagement with the core cities as part of its wider work with local communities and organisations.
Details of Ministerial meetings are published in the Department for Exiting the European Union’s quarterly Transparency Returns, which are made publicly available on Gov.uk.