Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Foreign Secretary's recent description of the EU's position on access to the single market and free movement as "complete baloney", what guidance they issue to Ministers about the appropriate terms of discourse in describing foreign governments and international organisations.

As we leave the EU, the Government wants to give British companies the maximum freedom to trade and operate in the Single Market. Ministers are clear about this objective, and are able to draw on a wide range of expertise within the FCO and across Government, to help achieve it.