Question follow-through · 98715
UK Trade with EU: Customs
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a UK-EU Customs Union Deal for economic growth.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a UK-EU Customs Union Deal for economic growth.
11 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2025
Answer published
We have not made an assessment as we have been clear there will be no return to the single market, the customs union, or freedom of movement. We are focused on strengthening our relationship with the EU to make trade easier, help British businesses and su...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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