Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what representations he has received on the number of advisers appointed to the Board of Trade representing Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
No representations have been received on this issue.
Advisers to the Board of Trade are selected through Civil Service processes, with the Board being convened by the President of the Board of Trade.
The role of Advisers to the Board of Trade, drawn from across the UK, was publically announced by the Department for International Trade on 12 October 2017.