Question follow-through · 1786

InterTrade UK and UK East-West Council: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to take steps to (a) convene the East-West Council and (b) establish Intertrade UK.

answeredNorthern Ireland Office

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Answering body: Northern Ireland Office
Tabled: 25 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2024
Answer: 2 Sept 2024 · 39 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

25 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to take steps to (a) convene the East-West Council and (b) establish Intertrade UK.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Government is committed to taking all necessary steps to protect the UK internal market, and to making progress on the commitments made in the Safeguarding the Union command paper. This includes taking steps to establish Intertrade UK and to convene t...

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