Oral Question·Cabinet Office
“What steps his Department is taking to help reduce trade barriers with the EU.”
Tabled: 17 October 2024Answered: 24 October 2024
Asked by
Clive Jones
Liberal Democrat — Wokingham
Answering Minister
the Minister for the Cabinet Office
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.