Member

The noble Lord, Lord Elliot, asked why we are making businesses implement “Not for EU” labelling when we have confirmed that we will pursue the SPS agreement with the EU. Once the SPS agreement has been implemented, there will be opportunities to further smooth trade with the UK internal market system. As I said, we expect the number of goods to reduce significantly as a result of that agreement. However, to achieve those benefits, we have to be seen as a reliable partner on delivering on existing commitments to the EU. To that end, we are clear that we have to implement the arrangements for the Windsor Framework in a faithful way, even where our ambition is that we will not need those arrangements in future.