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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Economic Situation (24 March 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with HM Treasury on the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the economy.

Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)

Answer

The Government's view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.

The Chancellor, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Tatton, has announced that the Treasury will publish a comprehensive analysis of the long-term economic costs and benefits of EU membership and the risks associated with an exit.


Answered by:
Sir David Lidington (Conservative)
12 April 2016

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