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Joe Owen
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The Brexit Secretary is in front of @LordsEUCom today...

Am sure they've got lots of very good questions lined up already (@AlexanderHorne1), but if they wanted a few more....
First on the deal -

If govt is saying they don't want to extend A50. What is the timeline now to Mar 2019, incl talks in Bxl, a meaningful vote (w/ sufficient debate) & then Withdrawal Agreement Bill?

Last year, Govt told EU they needed deal by December to meet March deadline
Then the Withdrawal Agreement Bill -

If that is supposed to be on UK statute books in 2 months, why haven't member seen it? Are they proposing to bounce such a constitutionally/politically significant bill thru Parliament in next to no time?

Why haven't they published draft?
On no deal -

What number of the projects monitored centrally by DExEU team are rated Red or Amber Red? We know there's the team tracking progress in his department, Barclay should tell Parliament their assessment of how ready UK is.
What about the legislation required?

What Bills do they *really* need through? Can they manage with a small number? Are they going to rely on Civil Contingencies Act in certain areas if Parliament holds them up?
What is their assessment of business readiness?

We know from CBI and IOD surveys that biz plans are not all in place. What engagement is DExEU doing? Why haven't they answered questions like - UK import tariffs or migration regime for EU citizens Mar19-Dec2020
Our @instituteforgov very own @timd_IFG will be appearing in front of them next week.

Hopefully he will have plenty of material to chew over after today's session.
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Joe Owen
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Well doesn't this just look like a total nightmare waiting to happen...
It's impossible for the Home Office to meaningfully end free movement in a no deal scenario.

a) They need to have registered EU citizens already in UK before they can enforce new regime

b) they don't have a new system up and running.

So here we have the Whitehall workaround...
Clearly decided temporary continuation of free movement as now was a non-starter - politically difficult for immigration to continue unchanged but Spanish satsumas get stuck at the border.
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Joe Owen
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Waiving the £65 fee for citizens shouldn't be seen as a 'goodwill gesture' by the Government, having listened to members.

This is more about Home Office looking to avoid another huge scandal - well beyond Windrush - after 2020.
As excellent @britishfuture report from @jillyrutter says - if just 5% of eligible EU citizens fail to apply for settlement scheme, then 175,000 will be undocumented but entitled to be in UK.

A £65 fee is just one more barrier that will stop people applying..
With an Immigration Enforcement regime - the hostile environment - set up to focus on those without the right documentation, having hundreds of thousands of EU citizens without status - but eligible to stay - is a nightmare of epic proportions.
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Joe Owen
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Quick thoughts on immigration white paper. Whatever you think of policy - it’s probably one of/the best Brexit white paper in terms of detail/supporting analysis, it swerves a couple of very very tricky or very very political issues
The white paper dodges the question of net migration target (as Sajid Javid tried to on the radio) by not mentioning it but cross referring to the Conservative Party manifesto… which does have 100,000 target.
It also dodges what happens after March 2019 if there is no deal? DExEU have said what happens to citizens already in UK, nothing yet from govt on EU citizens arriving after Mar19
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