UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

(asked on 13th March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether there will be any change in the text of (1) the Withdrawal Agreement, or (2) the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, on the description of Great Britain as a “third country” for certain purposes relating to the movement of goods and agri-food products to Northern Ireland, as a result of the Windsor Framework.


Answered by
 Portrait
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 23rd March 2023

The Windsor Framework delivers a fundamental new framework which ensures the smooth flow of internal UK trade and safeguards Northern Ireland's place in our Union. The legal texts published online set out how this will be delivered.

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