Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether it is his policy for Turkey to be included in any trade agreement reached with the EU.

Many of the UK’s relationships with non-EU partners and international organisations rest in some way on the UK’s membership of the EU. DExEU is leading a process to explore what action is needed across international agreements with third countries. Our priority is to aim for continuity, recognising the need to promote stability for businesses and individuals.

As the Secretary of State said at the Exiting the European Union Select Committee on 24 January, our future economic relationship with the EU will be agreed between the UK and the EU.

We want to put in place mechanisms to make our exit as frictionless as possible with respect to UK-Turkey trade.