Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many countries have made a written declaration that treaties signed with the EU will continue to apply to the UK after the UK leaves the EU.

At the March European Council we agreed with the EU that the UK is to be treated as a Member State for the purposes of international agreements for the duration of the implementation period. The EU will notify third parties of this approach.

Discussions we have had with our international partners suggest a willingness to find a pragmatic means of ensuring continuity of international agreements in a way that minimises the impact of the UK’s departure on them. A number of third countries have issued statements in support of this approach.