MPs updated on preparations for Brexit

This follows the launch of the 'Get Ready for Brexit' advertising campaign on Sunday. Michael Gove is in charge of planning for a no-deal Brexit.

Gove told MPs,

"It may be that a deal is not secured, so we must be ready to leave without a deal on October 31st. Now leaving without a deal does not mean that talks with our European partners ends altogether. In those circumstances, after we depart without a deal in place we will all want to discuss how we can reach new arrangements on trade and other issues. But while those conversations go on we must ensure that we are ready for life outside the EU as a third country trading on WTO terms."

Responding on behalf of the Opposition, Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Jon Trickett, said,

"£6.3 billion is being spent on Brexit preparations, and yet it's too little now because it's too late. And even if all the preparations had been carried out in time and in a more comprehensive way, the country still has no idea whether we're going to leave with a deal or with no deal. So let me come straight to the point because there are significant emissions in the Minister's statement, no mention for example of medical supplies, but in the last 24 hours serious health leaders have warned that no deal could result directly in medical shortages, affect treatment for UK nationals in Europe, and exacerbate the already difficult NHS crisis."

• Watch Parliament TV: statement on preparations for Brexit
• Read Commons Hansard: preparations for Brexit

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