Government Response to the Report "One year on—Trade in goods between Great Britain and the European Union"

This is the government's response, published 23 March 2022.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The Government welcomes the report, states that it "has considered the evidence, findings and recommendations carefully", and agrees with several recommendations while declining to restart the SME support fund.

• On the Cabinet Office's coordinating role and on testing procedures with traders ahead of the July 2022 controls, the Government states "agrees with this recommendation".
• On the SME Brexit Support Fund, the Government says there are "no current plans to restart" it, though HMRC will "consider interventions where needed" after the January 2022 changes.
• On the EU fiscal representative requirement for VAT, the Government says it "will continue to actively press the EU". It reports that the EU noted the UK's request to amend the debt recovery threshold but was not open to amending it "at this time".
• On remaining import controls, the Government states it "intends to implement all remaining border controls with the EU" as set out in the Border Operating Model, with SPS controls from 1 July 2022.

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