Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy written question – answered at on 22 January 2019.

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Photo of Helen Goodman Helen Goodman Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the accounting officer for his Department has sought a written ministerial direction for expenditure on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

Photo of Richard Harrington Richard Harrington Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

No. For information, the only ministerial direction issued by my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for European Union exit preparations related to the development of a UK database for product safety. This is to ensure critical protections remain in place on leaving the European Union. This was issued on 19 March 2018.

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-exit-preparations-beis-ministerial-direction

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