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Negotiations around the future UK\u2013EU relationship are intensifying, with the UK still intending to leave the transition period at the end of this year \u2013 with or without a deal.\n\nThe devolved administrations have a strong interest in the shape of any future agreement with the EU \u2013 and in particularly contentious areas like fisheries. They will also be responsible for implementing parts or preparing for no trade deal in devolved areas. And in Northern Ireland, any UK\u2013EU agreement will have implications for how goods are checked at the Irish Sea border.\n\nThis event looked at how \u2013 and how well \u2013 the UK government has engaged the devolved administrations in its talks with the EU, and the interests of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can best be represented in any free trade agreement.\n\nPanellists:\n\nJenny Gilruth MSP, Minister for Europe and International Development, Scottish government\nJeremy Miles MS, Counsel General and Minister for European Transition, Welsh government\nDavid Phinnemore, Professor of European Politics, Queen\u2019s University Belfast\nMaddy Thimont-Jack, Senior Researcher, Institute for Government\n\nThe event was chaired by Akash Paun, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government.\n\nThere will also be an opportunity for audience questions.