Question follow-through · 37521
Import Controls: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 11 March 2024 to Question HL2323 on Import Controls: Northern Ireland, what recent progress he has made on the construction of those border control post
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 11 March 2024 to Question HL2323 on Import Controls: Northern Ireland, what recent progress he has made on the construction of those border control post
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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20 Mar 2025
Answer published
In line with the commitments we have made under the Windsor Framework, SPS inspection facilities are under construction in Northern Ireland at the ports of Belfast, Larne, Foyle and Warrenpoint. Preparations are well underway, and they will be operational...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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