Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 13 August 2024.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Conservative
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for (1) the Border Target Operating Model, and (2) the Single Trade Window.
Baroness Twycross
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip), Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Government is working on reducing frictions at the border as part of the reset of our relationship with the European Union. We look forward to discussing with EU partners, and with UK and EU industry, how best to achieve this.
Work is ongoing on the Border Target Operating Model and the Single Trade Window.
Yes5 people think so
No2 people think not
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It is chaired by the prime minister.
The cabinet is bound by collective responsibility, which means that all its members must abide by and defend the decisions it takes, despite any private doubts that they might have.
Cabinet ministers are appointed by the prime minister and chosen from MPs or peers of the governing party.
However, during periods of national emergency, or when no single party gains a large enough majority to govern alone, coalition governments have been formed with cabinets containing members from more than one political party.
War cabinets have sometimes been formed with a much smaller membership than the full cabinet.
From time to time the prime minister will reorganise the cabinet in order to bring in new members, or to move existing members around. This reorganisation is known as a cabinet re-shuffle.
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