Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the analysis by the Trade Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Trade Implications of Brexit for Developing Countries.

We were pleased to receive contributions from stakeholders and are considering them fully, including this Commonwealth Secretariat paper.

Our first priority is to deliver continuity in our trading arrangements on leaving the EU. On leaving the EU the UK government will also explore options to expand on relationships with developing countries.

We take every opportunity to advance discussions with Commonwealth partners, for example at the recent World Trade Organisation 11^th Ministerial Conference. The Commonwealth Summit in April 2018 will be the largest leaders' summit the UK has ever hosted, with 52 Heads of State and thousands of businesses in attendance. The Prime Minister has identified trade as one of her top priorities for the Summit.