Written Question·Northern Ireland Office·UIN 100757

Belfast International Airport: USA

Tabled: 16 December 2025

Answered: 23 December 2025

Question

Carla Lockhart

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in discussions with the United States administration regarding the initiative outlined in the Windsor Framework and Safeguarding the Union document to establish a US Customs a

Answer

Hilary Benn

As part of commitments within the Windsor Framework and the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper, the then-Government committed to “enter into exploratory talks with the United States Administration on the options for introducing pre-clearance checks on c...

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