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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Departmental Responsibilities

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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 53398, tabled on 16 November 2016

Question

Julie Elliott
Labour
Sunderland Central
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role his Department will have in negotiations on the UK's exit from the EU.

Answer

Sir Alan Duncan
Conservative
Rutland and Melton
Commons

Answered on

24 November 2016

The Department for Exiting the European Union is the lead department for such matters. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and DExEU are working closely together to get the best possible deal for the British people.

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office