Import Duties: Northern Ireland

(asked on 9th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on the (a) political, (b) legal and (c) reputational risks of a difference in tariff controls between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.


Answered by
Penny Mordaunt Portrait
Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 15th July 2020

I refer to the oral statement made by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 13 July 2020. Details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed, in line with the practice of successive administrations.

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