Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 3 September 2020Answered: 10 September 2020
Asked by
Kerry McCarthy
Labour — Bristol East
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Hilary Benn)
The Government are committed to safeguarding Northern Ireland’s place in the UK internal market and to implementing the Windsor framework in good faith. The internal market scheme enables traders to move goods from Great Britain into Northern Ireland tariff-free and, since May, with significantly reduced paperwork and checks.