Tuesday 17 January 2017
Policy & Resources Committee President Gavin St Pier issued the below statement following today's Brexit update from Prime Minister Theresa May.
'I welcome the additional clarity provided today by the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, on the UK Government's objectives on its exit from the EU. It is reassuring that the UK objectives echo or work well with the negotiating objectives agreed by the States in its first Brexit policy letter on 29 June 2016.
'While Guernsey is not part of the UK or the EU we are not immune from the impact of the UK exit, not least because we have a special relationship with the EU under Protocol 3. To date our engagement with the UK Government, as promised by Theresa May, has been a model of best practice. Next week, I will again be meeting Robin Walker MP, Minister from the Department for Exiting the EU, this time alongsideMark Garnier MP,Minister at the Department of International Trade, to continue these discussions and further discuss the Prime Minister's announcement.'
