Department for International Trade: Brexit

(asked on 10th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he plans to publish his Department's preparations for no deal.


Answered by
George Hollingbery Portrait
George Hollingbery
This question was answered on 19th October 2018

We firmly believe it is in the interests of both the EU and the UK to strike a deal. That remains the goal on both sides and we are confident that this will be achieved. But it is the job of a responsible Government to prepare for all scenarios, so we have already carried out very significant ‘no deal’ preparations for the unlikely event that we reach March 2019 without agreeing a deal.

The Government has already published over 100 technical notices so that businesses and citizens have time to prepare in the event of a ‘no deal’ scenario. These are available on gov.uk in a centralised location that is easy for people to access and use.

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