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...