Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what his Department's main policy priority is for 2017; and if he will make a statement.

The priority of the Department for Exiting the European Union is to plan for and support the PM in the negotiations on leaving the EU and establishing a future partnership between the UK and EU.

The Department is working to deliver the 12 objectives set out in the White Paper on the United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union, which is published on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-united-kingdoms-exit-from-and-new-partnership-with-the-european-union-white-paper