Question follow-through · 22539
UK Relations with EU: Trade Barriers
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits and (b) impact on trade barriers of re-joining the EU (i) single market and (ii) customs union.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits and (b) impact on trade barriers of re-joining the EU (i) single market and (ii) customs union.
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government is resetting the relationship with our European friends to strengthen ties and tackle barriers to trade. We have been clear that there will be no return to the customs union or the single market.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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