Earlier this month the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Michael Ellis, addressed the UK and EU Parliamentarians at the inaugural meeting of the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly.

He commented that “This forum is an important part of the governance that supports the new UK-EU relationship, but it is also a link between democratic representatives and the people that we serve. I hope that the following couple of days will provide an opportunity for Parliamentarians across the English Channel to exchange ideas on how we can get the most out of our new relationship – to the benefit of course of our respective citizens and businesses.”

He also stated that the war in Ukraine has drawn the UK and EU together. That is welcome after the inevitable strains which the change in constitutional relationship brought since 2016.  The EU is an essential partner in a global alliance of shared values – and we want success for the Union, and we hope the EU wants that for the UK too.

See: Address to the Inaugural UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)