Question follow-through · 12673
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data his Department holds on the number of lorries turned away at Northern Ireland ports for carrying cargo incorrectly listed on their manifests.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data his Department holds on the number of lorries turned away at Northern Ireland ports for carrying cargo incorrectly listed on their manifests.
6 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Nov 2024
Answer published
In line with the commitments we have made, as we move to our new UK internal market system we will ensure that the only checks when goods move within the UK internal market system are those conducted by UK authorities as part of a risk-based or intelligen...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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