Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 29 of The UK's Approach to the Northern Ireland Protocol, published May 2020, what steps his Department is taking to encourage businesses to sign up to trusted trader schemes to help facilitate the movement of goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

The Northern Ireland Protocol is clear that Northern Ireland is, and will remain, part of the UK’s customs territory and that there should be no tariffs on internal UK trade. The Government has also set out that although there will be some limited additional process on goods arriving in Northern Ireland, there will be no new physical customs infrastructure.

In due course, the Government will also set out more detailed plans for extensive HMRC support for businesses engaged in the limited additional processes, including providing access to existing facilitations to support the movement of goods.