Member

I submit that urgent and decisive action is required, and two steps have become essential. First, there must be an immediate extension of the transition timeline. This extension must bridge the period between the current position and the point at which we reach a long-term solution that will endure whichever Government are in power. When the Government say—and they do it relation to not just these regulations but across a range of issues—“Don’t worry about friction because what we are going to do is adopt the EU standards and converge with the Windsor Framework requirements”, that is all well and good as long as this particular Government have that particular policy. But if a new Government come in and decide to change course, which they may well do, we are back to square one. So we need to have something that is enduring and sustainable.