Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider that the UK will be liable to make Brexit-related payments to the EU even in a no deal scenario.

As a result of the significant progress made in negotiations, and the agreement reached at March European Council on the implementation period and Withdrawal Agreement, we are increasingly confident that we will secure a deal with the EU and that the prospect of leaving negotiations with ‘no deal’ has receded significantly.

The section of the Withdrawal Agreement dealing with Financial Provisions was agreed at negotiators’ level at the time of the March European Council. As such it was turned ‘green’ and is now considered closed. Over three quarters of the Withdrawal Agreement text overall is now coloured green.

We have been clear that we will be reaching an agreement on our future partnership at the same time as the Withdrawal Agreement. The Prime Minister has said on many occasions that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.