Grant Shapps – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Grant Shapps on 2016-10-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Turkish counterparts on what estimate the government of Turkey has made of when it expects Turkey to join the EU.

Sir Alan Duncan

As and when Turkey meets the requirements for accession in full, it will be for Turkey and EU members at the time to decide on membership. The UK will continue to support countries committed to the accession process in meeting the necessary requirements.