CBI response to exiting the EU Committee Inquiry on terms of negotiation

The CBI welcomes the opportunity to respond in writing to the Committee’s inquiry, to provide the business view on the UK’s negotiating objectives for withdrawal from the EU and supplement the evidence CBI Director-General Carolyn Fairbairn provided to the Committee on Wednesday 7 December 2016.

More detailed information can be found in our recent report Making a Success of Brexit, where we state clearly that the business community is committed to making this work, and work well. At the same time, we will make no apology for highlighting the complexity of the task facing the country or for setting out the steps needed to get Brexit right.