Question follow-through · 47519
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many lorries transporting goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland have been turned away at points of entry in the last 12 months due to (a) incorrect or (b) incomplete paperwo
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many lorries transporting goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland have been turned away at points of entry in the last 12 months due to (a) incorrect or (b) incomplete paperwo
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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6 May 2025
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given the hon. Member for North Down, Alex Easton, on 13 November, PQ UIN 12673.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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