Lots of discussion about the difference between a deal and no deal. In October techUK set out the benefits of a deal for the tech sector to @CommonsFREU as well as taking on the idea that no deal would at least provide certainty, it doesn’t #Brexit

'I think what the UK had to get across, and I think it's now finally succeeded in getting this across, is that it's not going to cave in, in the way that it has done in the past.' Shanker Singham told @CommonsFREU

'There are two interpretations - there's a European interpretation of the Protocol and there's the UK interpretation, and they're not always the same, particularly in the at risk/not at risk area.' Shanker Singham told @CommonsFREU

6/ Simon Usherwood makes a very good case for why a committee/body like @CommonsFREU would be very useful in providing scrutiny to the TCA and it's implementation.

Unfortunately @CommonsFREU is being made defunct by the govt.

Hilary Benn

#Brexit Select Ctte: @RHARichardB tells Hilary Benn that Govt not ready for 1 Jan.📺Watch: bit.ly/33ajicr @CommonsFREU #Brexit

CER's Sam Lowe argues that if the UK wants significantly closer economic relations with the EU, it needs to rethink its approach to freedom of movement.

👔Giving evidence to @CommonsFREU, video thanks to Patrick Lohlein 罗林🙏

A real treat for this week’s #TradeTuesday as we published Episode 10 of our podcast ' #TradeTalks ’ with Hilary Benn, former Chair of the @CommonsFREU. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1s7om4…

Industry fears border chaos after transition, @RHARichardB told Hilary Benn in @CommonsFREU session. We've been warning Govt for years but they're not moving fast enough. Clip: bit.ly/3bGdGKS

De deal is done. Te doen met parlementariërs die het nog vóór 30/12 (Europees Parlement (Archived) en @CommonsFREU) die het moeten lezen... onder de Kerstboom. ec.europa.eu/transparency/r…

Busy day for #Brexit in UK House of Commons, with Northern Ireland Affairs Committee hearing from Naomi Long MLA on cross-border cooperation in policing and justice, and @CommonsFREU hearing from Aodhán Michael Connolly Manufacturing NI Ulster Farmers' Union on progress of 🇪🇺🇬🇧 negotiations.

At least Home Secretary has the guts to condemn Trump for encouraging yesterday's alarming spectacle #CapitolRiots

Unfortunately her record on National Security not so great. At @CommonsFREU the witnesses concluded UK less safe now than a week ago - contrary to her assertions.

#Brexit Select Committee session today on operation of UK/EU border after transition. Evidence @RHARichardB, Dr Anna Jerzewska & Robert Hardy gave to MPs - as it happened: bit.ly/35kJ948 @CommonsFREU

Watch Catherine Barnard giving evidence to @CommonsFREU on the ‘highly complex, highly technical’ #Brexitdeal that poses challenges for businesses to operationalize now and potential instability in future: ow.ly/4PhW50D1tl1
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Listening to the @CommonsFREU evidence session with Northern Ireland business groups, it's hard to see how the NI protocol can be fully implemented by 1 Jan, echoing our Institute for Government paper instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/…

❌Uncertainty
❌Covid impact on preparations
❌Not enough time

New: Michael Gove tells @CommonsFREU that if there is no deal by 31st December the UK will not return to the negotiating table. 'There would still be contact between the UK and the EU... but we would not be seeking to negotiate a new deal, no.'

(Not a surprise but worth noting)

Even if we get a zero-tariff FTA, businesses moving goods from GB to NI will face new checks from 1 Jan - and we still need clarity on how these will work, Aodhán Michael Connolly tells @CommonsFREU this morning!

🚨Just published🚨

New report from @CommonsFREU on 'The Shape of Future Parliamentary Scrutiny of UK-EU Relations' (available here committees.parliament.uk/publications/4…)

Great to see evidence from PI's Colin Murray (Masterman and Murray), Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social, Sylvia de Mars and Ben Warwick quoted in it

Roasting piece by Simon Nixon, which uses evidence from @CommonsFREU session yesterday. The two together deserve to spark further debate.

I do hope so. Surely the EU will not totally abandon the growing millions of British people that desperately want to retain our EU citizenship?
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The New European - Think Without Borders

Highly recommended read from @CommonsFREU chaired by Hilary Benn. Really useful insights on complexities of UK-EU Trade and Coop Deal from Catherine Barnard Sam Lowe and Raoul Ruparel - including how stable or not the #TCA is at p31-32.