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<p>The strategy group chaired by Tom Scholar is one of a number of processes for co-ordinating government policy on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The senior officials that attend this group depend on the items under discussion but include directors general from key Departments such as Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, HM Treasury, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department of Energy and Climate Change, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Home Office, Department of Health and Ministry of Justice.</p><p>The group meets on a roughly monthly basis, although the exact frequency will depend on the pace of the TTIP negotiations. Since May it has met five times. As was the case under previous Administrations information relating to internal discussion, advice and policy development is not normally disclosed.</p><p>The revised membership of the European Affairs Committee of the Cabinet will be announced shortly in a written ministerial statement.</p> |