Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit

(asked on 17th July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any official restrictions have been placed on the ability of officials working on policy relating to the UK leaving the EU in DEFRA agencies to conduct official discussions with (a) port authorities, (b) major retailers, and (c) haulage firms.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 23rd July 2018

Ministers and officials have engaged with industry representatives on operational issues around leaving the EU. This has fed into policy work. There have been some limited restrictions on the sharing of information that would be sensitive in the context of ongoing negotiations with the EU.

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