Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether it is the Government's policy that any treaty made between the UK and the EU pursuant to Article 50 should have a provision allowing the treaty to be denounced in the event that the terms of the political declaration are not adopted within a specified period.

The Government said in the White Paper that the Withdrawal Agreement should include an explicit commitment by both parties to finalise the legal agreements to give effect to the future relationship as soon as possible, in order to achieve a smooth transition out of the implementation period and into the future relationship. We have been discussing proposals on the linkage needed between the Withdrawal Agreement and the future relationship, and the EU is engaging constructively.