Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish a list of the UK/EU negotiating groups that are discussing the future partnership with the EU.

We have made good progress on the outstanding WA issues since March European Council on topics including goods, customs, intellectual property, ongoing police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, ongoing judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters, data, public procurement, Euratom, Union procedures, administrative procedures and administrative cooperation procedures.

We have already published the topics for discussion on the future framework jointly with the EU. This incorporates the economic and security partnerships outlined by the Prime Minister, as well as the institutional framework that will underpin them and other cross-cutting issues.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/topics-for-discussions-on-the-future-framework-at-forthcoming-meetings

Since then we have had a series of productive discussions and have published detailed slides and papers covering:

• Framework for the UK-EU Economic Partnership

• Company Law (accounting and audit)

• Civil Judicial Cooperation

• Data Protection

• Transport

• Science, Research and Innovation

• Framework for the UK-EU Security Partnership

• Exchange and protection of classified information

• Consultation and cooperation on external security

• Security, law enforcement and criminal justice

• UK participation in Galileo

• Benefits of a new Data Protection agreement

The British people voted to leave the EU and Government is focused on delivering this historic task. The whole of Government is working hard to ensure the UK can fully seize the opportunities offered by withdrawing from the EU.