Question follow-through · 900241
Potatoes: UK Internal Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the commercial movement of potatoes from Scotland to Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework.
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- Answering body
- Scotland Office
- Tabled
- 27 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the commercial movement of potatoes from Scotland to Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework.
4 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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4 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Windsor Framework has lifted the ban on the movement of seed potatoes between Great Britain and Northern Ireland under the Northern Ireland Plant Health Label scheme.Once planted in Northern Ireland, the new crop of seed potatoes can be sold with no r...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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