My noble Friend, Minister of State, Cabinet Office (right hon. Lord Frost CMG), has today made the following written statement:

The first meeting of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement Partnership Council will take place on 9 June 2021, in person and by video conference, hosted by the UK.

The meeting will be co-chaired by the Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, right hon. Lord Frost CMG, and Vice President of the European Commission, Maroš Šefčovič.

The agenda will include nine items:

Introduction

Welcome, opening remarks from the co-chairs

Formal adoption of the agenda

Sanitary and phytosanitary measures and customs and trade facilitation

Fisheries

Law enforcement

Long-term visa fees

Participation in union programmes

Update on institutional framework

Tentative timetable of meetings of Committees under the TCA

Parliamentary Partnership Assembly

Civil Society Forum

AOB

Concluding remarks

The UK delegation will include:

Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, right hon. Lord Frost CMG;

Paymaster General, right hon. Penny Mordaunt MP;

Ministers from the devolved administrations.

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