Oral QuestionMinistry of Justice

“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 13 February 2020Answered: 25 February 2020

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Justice

Answer from Hansard

The Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Nick Thomas-Symonds)

The Prime Minister and President von der Leyen have agreed to strengthen the relationship between the UK and the EU. Vice-President Šefčovič, whom I met in Strasbourg on Tuesday, and I will be getting the reset moving this autumn. As part of this, the Government will seek to negotiate a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement and remove other barriers to trade.