Question follow-through · 34326

UK Relations with EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 21018 on UK Relations with EU, which articles of the (a) EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, (b) Northern Ireland protocol, (c) Windsor Framework and (d) EU-UK Trade

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 4 Mar 2025
Answer: 5 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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27 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 21018 on UK Relations with EU, which articles of the (a) EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, (b) Northern Ireland protocol, (c) Windsor Framework and (d) EU-UK Trade
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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5 Mar 2025
Answer published
I refer the Hon.Member for Clapham and Brixton Hill, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, to the answer provided to the Question on 20 January 2025 in the House of Lords. The response from The Baroness Twycross can be found here.

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