Written questions

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

Commons · Question 53801 · Tabled 20 May 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 2 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Allister

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-EU deal on the (a) applicability and (b) operation of the Official Controls Regulation (EU) 2017/625 in Northern Ireland.

Answer

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds, 2 Jun 2025

The Government has agreed in its new Common Understanding with the EU a new SPS agreement which makes it easier for food and drink to be imported and exported by reducing the red tape that placed burdens on businesses and led to lengthy lorry queues at th...