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Brexit Position Paper 7: Confidentiality and access to documents

This paper states that the UK recognises the importance of continuing to respect obligations of confidentiality and to protect information exchanged while it was a Member State, and that arrangements agreed with respect to confidentiality and the handling of information produced while it was a Membe

Brexit Position Paper 4: Safeguarding the position of citizens

Since the result of the referendum last summer, the UK government has been clear how important it is that we secure, as early as possible, both the rights of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in EU Member States. We are now seeking to provide EU citizens with certainty about their future by pu

Brexit Position Paper 3: Northern Ireland and Ireland

The UK’s withdrawal from the EU, and the development of a new, deep and special partnership between the UK and the EU, has important implications for Northern Ireland and Ireland. While continuing to take account of these interests across the board, the UK believes there are specific areas where fo

Brexit Position Paper 2: Enforcement and dispute resolution

The direct jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the UK will end at the point of our withdrawal from the EU. The UK and the EU need therefore to agree on how both the provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement, and our new deep and special partnership, can be monitored an

Brexit Position Paper 1: Future Customs Arrangements

As we leave the European Union and therefore the EU Customs Union, the Government seeks a new customs arrangement that facilitates the freest and most frictionless trade possible in goods between the UK and the EU, and allows the UK to forge new trade relationships with its partners in Europe and ar

Accessibility Action Plan Consultation

Please find below content of a letter from Rail Minister, Paul Maynard, explaining the Government's plans to hold a consultation on its draft Accessibility Action Plan, which seeks to ensure that people with physical and hidden disabilities have the same access to transport and opportunities to

Proposals to cut congestion on our busiest roads

Conservatives are going to begin a consultation on allowing local authorities to charge utility companies by the hour during road works. I welcome this announcement as it should lead to practical day-to-day benefits for constituents.