Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the costs to (a) hauliers and (b) traders of using the green lane proposed in the Windsor Framework.

The green lane will mean that goods being sold in Northern Ireland will be freed of unnecessary paperwork, checks and duties, using only ordinary commercial information rather than customs processes or complex certification requirements for agrifood. Goods moved in the green lane will face no tariffs or no rules of origin requirements. Sanitary and Phytosanitary goods in the green lane will move on the basis of a simplified single certificate per lorry, removing the need for costly veterinary certificates. And movements in the green lane will continue to benefit from the existing Trader Support Service. Further guidance on the green lane will be provided in due course.