We are very conscious that trade negotiations are complex, often extremely fast paced and, as Minister Hands pointed out, require the Department for Business and Trade to operate “in a corridor of what is deliverable and negotiable”. Nonetheless, improvements to the process for the Crown Dependencies can and should be made. 32 The constitutional relationship with the Crown Dependencies Therefore, we recommend that for future trade agreement negotiations the Crown Dependencies, Ministry of Justice and Department for Business and Trade should work together to identify a set of principles to guide effective engagement during the negotiation process. We recommend that they should include early and comprehensive engagement from the outset to conclusion; early sight of relevant documents; real time updates; and reasonable timeframes for provision of responses and information. During particularly time-pressured periods, we recommend that there should be officials in the room acting as a conduit for information to and from the Crown Dependencies in real time.