Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterparts in the EU on the adequacy of the operation of the (a) Northern Ireland Protocol and (b) Windsor Framework in Northern Ireland.

The Windsor Framework replaced the old Northern Ireland Protocol, addressing issues in its operations and protecting Northern Ireland's place in the UK. We continue to have routine discussions with the EU on the operation of the Windsor Framework, including through the structures put in place through the Withdrawal Agreement and bolstered in agreeing the Windsor Framework.