“With reference to the Irish Central Statistics Office release of 17 January 2022, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of figures which show that in 2021 exports from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland increased by 64 per cent and imports from Great Britain to that country decreased by 21 per cent compared with the same period in 2020.”
Asked by
Claire Hanna
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for International Trade
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Miatta Fahnbulleh)
My hon. Friend is completely right to raise this issue. That is why we are giving local communities greater powers to control the proliferation of gambling and vape shops. It is also why, through our Pride in Place programme, we are giving communities the funding and tools they need to shape their local high streets, so that those communities can have the shops they want in their place.