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1690940

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following publication of the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper (CP 1021) on 31 January, when they intend to introduce legislation to fulfil the commitment in that paper to repeal all statutory duties relating to the 'all-island economy'.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL2659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>I would refer the Noble Baroness to the answer I gave to Lord Dodds of Duncairn in response to WPQ UIN HL2621 on 23 February 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 26/02/2024 14:33:35 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1690602

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following publication of the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper (CP 1021) on 31 January, when they intend to introduce legislation to fulfil the commitment in that paper to repeal all statutory duties relating to the 'all-island economy'.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL2621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is working actively to deliver commitments made in the <em>Safeguarding the Union </em>command paper, which was published on 31 January (CP 1021). This includes the passing into law on 20 February of two statutory instruments to give effect to legislative assurances contained within the command paper. Any required further legislation will be brought forward as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 23/02/2024 11:23:33 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1686402

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Command Paper entitled Safeguarding the Union, published on 31 January 2024, CP 1021, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Welsh Government on the potential impact of the decision to replace the Green Lane with a UK Internal Market system on the ability of goods to travel from Wales to Northern Ireland through the Republic of Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	12341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet has engaged with these new measures which have been collectively agreed in the usual way. On 31 January 2024, I wrote to the First Ministers of Wales and Scotland regarding the Government’s work to secure a restored Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly and on the Safeguarding the Union command paper (CP 1021).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 05/02/2024 11:47:00 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1584532

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the answer of 31 January to Question 133687 on UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland, what legislation his Department has identified as in the scope of the sunset of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill and required to continue to operate the Government’s international obligations.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	140209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to ensuring the necessary legislation is in place to uphold the UK’s international obligations, including the Withdrawal Agreement, Northern Ireland Protocol and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement after the sunset date.</p><p> </p><p>The Brexit Opportunities Unit has established regular intergovernmental meetings intended to support devolved counterparts with identification of which REUL is devolved or reserved, as part of the REUL Reform Programme.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/02/2023 10:44:06 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1582594

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to paragraph 10 of Annex A of the New Decade, New Approach Deal, published in January 2020, what steps they have taken to secure Northern Ireland’s place within the internal market of the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee
uin	HL5246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Protocol makes clear that Northern Ireland remains part of the UK internal market and the Government legislated under the 2020 UK Internal Market access to provide for unfettered access to the UK internal market for Northern Ireland goods.</p><p> </p><p>It is clear, however, that the Protocol is causing real problems in Northern Ireland. It is our clear preference to resolve these through talks and the Government is engaging in constructive dialogue with the EU to find solutions to these problems. If this is not possible, however, we have introduced the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill which aims to fix the practical problems created by the Protocol.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 08/02/2023 15:35:32 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4969 label Biography information for Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee

1581190

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill on the free flow of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	133687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Some retained EU law in the scope of the sunset is required to continue to operate UKG’s international obligations, including the Trade and Co-operation Agreement, the Withdrawal Agreement, and the Northern Ireland Protocol.</p><p>The Government will take the necessary action to safeguard the substance of any retained EU law and legal effects required to operate international obligations within domestic law.</p><p>The primary objectives of the Bill are to: end the special status of retained EU law on the UK statute book; and enable the Government to more easily amend, revoke and replace retained EU law.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 31/01/2023 14:36:56 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1505699

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department is taking to support businesses trading between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	901364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring businesses can trade freely throughout the United Kingdom. By the end of the year, we will have spent £340m helping traders process 2.3 million customs declarations through the Trader Support Service for trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. But this just reduces the burden on NI purchasers and GB suppliers rather than removing it, which is why we need changes to the Protocol to deliver a sustainable solution.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 07/09/2022 12:51:37 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1421757

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent progress the Government has made in facilitating trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	122653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to strengthening the Union and Northern Ireland’s place within it. Increasing trade flows between the four nations of the UK is a key part of that strategy. To that end, we have legislated to ensure unfettered access for trade from Northern Ireland to Great Britain and invested £200 million to support businesses trading between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, through schemes such as the Trader Support Service.</p><p>We are currently in negotiations with the EU to resolve the issues experienced by traders under the Northern Ireland Protocol and the next meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee will be held next week.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 24/02/2022 11:10:29 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1399761

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent steps have been taken by the EU to facilitate trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland; and what steps he is taking to help ensure that business are able to source parts from Great Britain for (a) vehicles and (b) lawn mowers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	98282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government welcomed the European Union’s acknowledgement in October last year that the current operation of the Protocol is having considerable impacts on Northern Ireland businesses and on the people of Northern Ireland more widely.</p><p>In December, the European Union published proposals with the intention to facilitate medicine supply to Northern Ireland. The Government is considering these proposals carefully.</p><p>In relation to movement of goods, whilst the Trader Support Service and the Movement Assistance Scheme provides support to traders moving goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, businesses continue to raise significant concerns with me and it is clear that there needs to be substantively different processes for goods remaining in the UK, in order to deal with these very real challenges.</p><p>The Government has made clear that discussions with the EU need to proceed with renewed urgency and our continued preference is to reach a comprehensive solution dealing with all the issues now. However, as long as there is no agreed solution, Article 16 safeguards remain on the table to deal with the very real problems faced in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 13/01/2022 13:25:39 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1383896

registered interest
date	01/12/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on trade between Wales and Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	85378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2021 answer text <p>Trade within the UK internal market is vital to our economic prosperity and is a key part of the Government's commitment to strengthen the Union, bringing us closer together. Trade across the Irish Sea with Scotland, Wales and England accounts for nearly sixty per cent of Northern Ireland’s total external trade. Trade between Wales and Northern Ireland is important to the success of both economies, and the Government remains committed to strengthening these routes, to level up all parts of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>I am delighted that Northern Ireland recently hosted the Board of Trade, which discussed opportunities for growth in digital trade across the UK. It brought together Cabinet ministers and trade advisers to highlight Northern Ireland's fantastic businesses, and opportunities for investment.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to boosting overseas exports from Northern Ireland, and the Department for International Trade has established a hub in Northern Ireland to assist businesses to export. Invest NI, the Department for International Trade and the Northern Ireland Office will do everything they can to promote Northern Ireland’s excellent goods and services.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 09/12/2021 14:59:39 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones