Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department plans to replicate all the provisions and obligations of the trade agreements that the UK has as a member of the EU with (a) Norway, (b) Switzerland and (c) Turkey after the UK has left the EU.

As we leave the EU, the Government intends to maintain the effects of existing EU free trade agreements and other EU preferential arrangements. These are listed on the European Commission’s website at http://ec.europa.eu/world/agreements/default.home.do and include agreements with Switzerland, Turkey and Norway.

We are discussing with our trading partners how continuity is best achieved.