Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 53801

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 20 May 2025
Answered: 2 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Jim Allister

Traditional Unionist VoiceNorth Antrim

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

Nick Thomas-Symonds
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...

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