Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to paragraph 5 of Chapter Four of the White Paper, The future relationship between the UK and the EU, Cm. 9593, published on 12 July 2018, what the proposed agreements with the EU are which are there referred to; and which of those agreements are expected to be legally binding.

As set out in Paragraph 5 of Chapter 4, the details of each individual agreement will be subject to negotiation with the EU. Some will be legally binding, for instance, components of the economic partnership such as a core Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and various agreements that will comprise the security partnership.

Whether an agreement should be legally binding is ultimately dependent on the substance, which can only be determined through negotiations.