Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the members of her Department’s Trade Advisory Groups responsible for (a) agri-food, (b) automotive, aerospace and marine, (c) manufactured and consumer goods, (d) telecoms and technology, (e) chemicals, (f) life sciences, (g) creative industries, (h) investment, (i) transport services, (j) professional advisory services and (k) financial services were given an opportunity to comment on the draft provisions of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement relevant to their respective sectors.

As the Rt Hon. Lady knows, the Cabinet Office – not the Department for International Trade – negotiated the United Kingdom-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

In accordance with the “Terms of Reference on the United Kingdom-EU Future Relationship Negotiation” published on 28th February 2020, negotiating documents were not to be shared beyond the respective negotiating teams.