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Written Question
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
Thursday 14th September 2023

Asked by: Hilary Benn (Labour - Leeds South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements his Department is planning for the handling of groupage for the operation of the proposed red and green lanes covering goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework.

Answered by Alex Burghart - Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

The Windsor Framework delivers significant benefits for operators who move groupage consignments and mixed loads, including the removal of burdensome paperwork and a reduction in checks.

The green and red lanes under customs arrangements are entirely virtual lanes with separate underlying electronic processes. Green and red lane goods can therefore be moved in the same vehicle without requiring physical segregation, meaning hauliers will not have to alter their logistical arrangements

Mixed loads containing agri-food goods moving through the red and green lane will also be permitted. Whilst the lorry as a whole would not benefit from the full facilitations of the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme, the subsection of goods moving under the scheme will still benefit from the advantages it offers, including removing the need for veterinary signed certificates for individual products. Guidance for traders on how these movements will operate is available on Gov.uk.

It will be a commercial decision for traders and hauliers as to how they move goods. This will be no different in principle to how hauliers make decisions on whether to operate groupage loads at present.

Written Question
Birth Certificates
Wednesday 25th January 2023

Asked by: Hilary Benn (Labour - Leeds South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the circumstances in which people are required by law to produce or show their birth certificate.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

The requested information is not centrally held by the Cabinet Office.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2022
G20

"Facing the worst drought in 40 years, tens of millions of people in east Africa are going hungry. Children are dying today of malnutrition and the United Nations expects a famine to be declared before the end of the year. Although the UK has already given humanitarian aid, does the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 09 Sep 2022
Tributes to Her Late Majesty The Queen

"I rise on behalf of my constituents in Leeds Central as we, together, mourn the Queen’s passing, offer our heartfelt condolences to His Majesty the King and to the royal family on their private grief borne so publicly, and mark an extraordinary life.

It was at my first meeting of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jul 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

"Brexit undoubtably casts a heavy shadow over this debate. The point raised by the right hon. Members for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers) and for Lagan Valley (Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson) on the democratic deficit is fairly made, although almost all the laws under which Northern Ireland is currently operating apply …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jul 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

"The right hon. Gentleman makes a fair point, and I understand it entirely. I am talking about the situation as it is today. We should, therefore, be calm and reasonable in describing it.

Let us not forget that Northern Ireland is in a unique and favourable position compared with my …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jul 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

"The hon. Gentleman is making an interesting and important speech. In clause 20(4), the Government propose to allow cases to be referred to the European Court; they say they want the European Court to have nothing to do with any of this but are then taking a power to allow …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jul 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

"There is a problem with the operation of the Northern Ireland protocol and it needs to be sorted out, but this Bill is not the way to do it. Indeed, it will end up making matters worse, because it has damaged trust—the very thing that is required to solve the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Jul 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Jul 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

"It is on the point that the Minister just raised. If I heard him correctly, he just said that the Government were taking a power to prescribe which regulatory route should be chosen. Earlier, he said that it would be entirely a matter for businesses to determine which they chose. …..."
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