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1659249

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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 whether the Windsor Framework will continue to require the application of EU Regulation 2017/625; and if so, whether Northern Ireland for the purposes of that regulation will be treated as the entry point into the territory of the EU.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL9984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>Goods moving via the 'red lane' will need to comply with EU Regulation 2017/625, including arriving into NI via an SPS Inspection Facility.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 15/09/2023 12:41:31 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1659250

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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 whether people seeking to trade goods between Great and Britain and Northern Ireland under the Green Lane as set out in the Windsor Framework must be authorised to do so under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme; and whether those who trade between two locations in Great Britain need to obtain any similar authorisation in order to do so.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL9985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>Businesses wishing to move goods via the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme must be registered members of the scheme. Registration opened on 1<sup> </sup>September, ahead of the scheme going live on 1 October.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 15/09/2023 12:17:41 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1651503

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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 the Windsor Framework which stipulates that food products moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland will operate in the same way as food products from Scotland to England, what arrangements they have in place for a load moving to a regional distribution centre rather than directly to the point of sale.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL9216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework establishes a new way to move prepacked retail goods from Great Britain into Northern Ireland with the ‘Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme going live on 1 October 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Goods will move under a single General Certificate for eligible consignments, supported by a packing list.</p><p> </p><p>All businesses responsible for selling or facilitating the movement of food for final consumption in Northern Ireland are eligible to benefit from these simplified arrangements. This includes retailers selling finished goods to end consumers, hospitality venues such as pubs and restaurants, those providing food to the public sector – for example schools, hospitals and prisons, wholesalers supplying smaller retail outlets, businesses operating factory canteens.</p><p> </p><p>These arrangements will therefore apply to goods moving to regional distribution centres, as long as the final destination of the good is in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance is available on gov.uk regarding the Scheme, with further guidance being published shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 17/07/2023 13:03:45 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1628697

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Labelling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government (1) what assessment they have made of the legal basis for the all UK "not for EU" labelling regime to be introduced as a result of the conclusion of the Windsor Agreement, (2) what consultations they have conducted regarding the introduction of this labelling regime, (3) what plans, if any, they have to lay a copy of the Regulations implementing this labelling regime, as announced on 16 May, before Parliament for scrutiny, and (4) whether this labelling regime will also include goods produced in Northern Ireland for sale anywhere in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL7907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The legal basis for the “Not for EU” label requirements in Great Britain, confirmed in the Command Paper, will be set out in due course, following consultation with the Scottish and Welsh governments. This requirement will not come into force until October 2024.</p><p> </p><p>We have engaged closely with industry about these arrangements and will continue to do so in advance of changes taking effect in October 2024. We have met with businesses and trade bodies, through weekly forums along with separate bespoke engagements, to discuss these proposals. We will support businesses in adapting to these new arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>Parliament will have the opportunity to scrutinise the regulations implementing this labelling regime.</p><p> </p><p>The requirement for a “Not for EU” label will not apply to goods produced in Northern Ireland and sold in either Great Britain or Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 24/05/2023 16:09:50 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1603367

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Plants and Seeds: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Benyon on 10 March (HL6037 and HL6038), what steps they will take to enable individuals to send plants and seeds from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, given that the current arrangements impose bureaucratic hurdles that make this impractical.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL6408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>As we put the new Windsor Framework arrangements into practice, we will work closely with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure gardeners, farmers and growers can access plants and seeds from a wide variety of sources. Defra will work with industry in the coming months to ensure that plant and seed movement schemes are as beneficial as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 24/03/2023 13:42:02 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1602559

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dogs: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what documentation is needed to bring a pet dog from Great Britain to Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL6246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>A Pet dog travelling from GB-NI will require a free, simple, electronic, life-long ‘pet travel document’, administered by the government. The pet document does not need to be issued by a vet and does away with all health treatments. This can be sorted in a matter of minutes. For people that don’t have digital access, there will be an alternative simple means of providing the same information when you book your and your pets’ travel, for example via the ferry booking system.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 16/03/2023 16:56:44 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1602560

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dogs: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how a pet owner bringing a dog to Northern Ireland can show proof that it will not be taken into the Republic of Ireland under the Windsor Framework.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL6247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>Owners will complete a simple tick box as part of their travel booking, acknowledging they accept the scheme rules and that they will not move their pet into the European Union.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 16/03/2023 16:54:51 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1600581

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Plants and Seeds: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether, under the Windsor Framework, individuals in Northern Ireland will be able to import seeds and plants from Great Britain.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL6037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2023 answer text <p>Instead of full EU certification, all plants and seeds will move under a similar mechanism to the UK-wide plant passport scheme, in line with traders throughout the UK.</p><p> </p><p>That means rather than paying £150 per movement into Northern Ireland, growers and businesses serving NI consumers can pay £120 a year to be part of the UK scheme, as they did before the Protocol came into force.</p><p> </p><p>Scheme membership allows traders to print official labels for plants moving within GB, and under this new scheme, to NI.</p><p> </p><p>These seeds and plants will be delivered to a registered business to be able to be sold onto NI consumers.</p><p> </p><p>This process will be virtually the same as what is needed for plants moving from Cardiff to Birmingham now.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon grouped question UIN HL6038 question first answered 10/03/2023 14:23:46 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1600582

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Plants and Seeds: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what administrative requirements a business in Great Britain sending seeds or plants to an individual in Northern Ireland will need to comply with under the Windsor Framework.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL6038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2023 answer text <p>Instead of full EU certification, all plants and seeds will move under a similar mechanism to the UK-wide plant passport scheme, in line with traders throughout the UK.</p><p> </p><p>That means rather than paying £150 per movement into Northern Ireland, growers and businesses serving NI consumers can pay £120 a year to be part of the UK scheme, as they did before the Protocol came into force.</p><p> </p><p>Scheme membership allows traders to print official labels for plants moving within GB, and under this new scheme, to NI.</p><p> </p><p>These seeds and plants will be delivered to a registered business to be able to be sold onto NI consumers.</p><p> </p><p>This process will be virtually the same as what is needed for plants moving from Cardiff to Birmingham now.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon grouped question UIN HL6037 question first answered 10/03/2023 14:23:46 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey