Question follow-through · 24433
UK Trade with EU: Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the potential economic benefits of entering European Union customs union membership.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 16 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the potential economic benefits of entering European Union customs union membership.
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jan 2025
Answer published
No. The Government is working with the EU to identify areas where we can strengthen cooperation for mutual benefit, such as the economy, energy, security and resilience. There will be no return to the customs union. We are committed to finding constructiv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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