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The changes announced included the creation of two new departments: the Department for Exiting the European Union and the Department for International Trade.
The Government has also made changes at a committee level, with the establishment of the new European Union Exit and Trade Cabinet Committee, which comprises of government ministers. In addition, a joint ministerial committee dedicated to discussing the UK’s negotiations with the EU has been created, formed of UK government ministers and representatives from the UK’s devolved administrations.
Parliament has also responded to the machinery of government changes. In the House of Commons, two committees have been formed to mirror the recently established government departments, tasked with scrutinising the departments’ actions. In the House of Lords, the Liaison Committee has formed an informal group to assist Parliament in its scrutiny of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. In addition, the European Union Committee has begun conducting a number of inquiries into the potential impact that leaving the EU will have on the UK, such as UK-Irish relations and the implications for Gibraltar. [...]