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UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of re-joining the EU Customs Union on economic growth.

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Treasury
Tabled
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
29 Oct 2025
Answer
29 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of re-joining the EU Customs Union on economic growth.

  2. 29 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    We are not planning to make an assessment as there will be no return to the Customs Union or the Single Market. We have reset our relations with European partners in order to improve our diplomatic, economic, and security cooperation following Brexit. Thi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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