Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken under the framework of the UK internal market to ensure that all parts of the UK are able to (1) fully, and (2) equally, participate under the terms of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade arrangements.

We have provided for the application of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to all four parts of the UK, which includes Northern Ireland. CPTPP also takes into account the effects of the Windsor Framework by allowing the United Kingdom to take measures under the Windsor Framework designed to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland and to protect the peace process. Manufacturers and exporters in Northern Ireland will benefit from CPTPP in the same way as exporters in England, Scotland and Wales.