Written Question·Northern Ireland Office·UIN 37152

Trade Barriers: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 11 March 2025
Answered: 19 March 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce trade barriers between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

Answer

Hilary Benn
The Government is continuing to implement the commitments made in the Safeguarding the Union command paper, and the first meeting of Intertrade UK was held on 28 February 2025. A key focus for Intertrade UK will be to promote the full extent of the UK’s m...
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