motion_title: TAXATION (CROSS-BORDER TRADE) BILL: EU VAT area and pre-commencement requirements
motion_text: The Deputy Speaker put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time (Standing Order No. 83E).
  New Clause 11
  “(1) It shall be one of the negotiating objectives of Her Majesty’s Government in negotiations on the matters specified in subsection (2) to create an agreement which allows the United Kingdom to secure tariff free access to the European Union including the potential to participate in a customs union with the European Union, following exit from the European Union.
  (2) Those matters are—
  (a) the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, and
  (b) a permanent agreement with the European Union for a period subsequent to the transitional period after the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
  (3) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to lay a report before the House of Commons on the outcome of negotiations on each of the matters specified in subsection (2) in relation to the objective in subsection (1).
  (4) A report under this section in relation to the matter specified in subsection (1)(a) shall include an account of—
  (a) the extent to which the negotiating objective has been met,
  (b) proposals for the commencement of provisions of Parts 1 and 2, and
  (c) proposals for the modification of this Act in the exercise of powers under sections 31 or 54, or otherwise, in consequence of an agreement with the European Union.
  (5) The provisions specified in section 55(1) come into force on the day after the day on which a report under subsection (4) is laid before the House of Commons.
  (6) A report under this section in relation to the matter specified in subsection (1)(b) shall include an account of—
  (a) the extent to which the negotiating objective has been met, and
  (b) proposals for the modification of this Act in the exercise of powers under sections 31 or 54, or otherwise, in consequence of an agreement with the European Union.”—(Peter Dowd.)