Asked by: Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with the travel industry on the possibility of the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
Ministers and senior officials from DExEU and across Government continue to engage extensively with businesses and industry bodies from all sectors of the economy and all parts of the UK. This includes regular meetings of the Tourism Industry Council which acts as a point of dialogue between Ministers and the industry, and roundtable meetings with airlines and tour operators. These meetings have covered a range of EU Exit issues and their impact on the industry.
Details of Ministerial and senior official meetings on Government business are published in the Department’s Quarterly Transparency Returns, which are made publicly available on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what his policy is on protecting the existing rights of British citizens residing in Switzerland after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Robin Walker
The Government has been clear that safeguarding the rights of UK and EU citizens, including EEA and Swiss nationals, is our first priority in negotiations. The UK’s published policy paper, ‘Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU’, set out our offer on citizens’ rights to the EU and stated that we would discuss similar arrangements with Switzerland and the non-EU EEA states of Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein (collectively referred to as ‘the EFTA states’ in the publication). We have already commenced constructive official-level scoping talks with all four states on citizens' rights.