Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if the UK will be required to reapply to the World Trade Organisation after the UK has left the EU.

The UK has been a Member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) since its founding in 1995. In exiting the EU, we do not need to reapply for WTO Membership, but do need to update the terms of our Membership where, at present, our commitments are applied through the EU as a whole. To minimise disruption to our trading relationships with other WTO Members, the Government is preparing the necessary schedules that replicate as far as possible our current obligations.