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UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussion he has had with Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland on the potential impact of regulatory divergence between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom on the oversi

answeredNorthern Ireland Office

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Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Tabled
8 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
16 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussion he has had with Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland on the potential impact of regulatory divergence between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom on the oversi

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 May 2025

    Answer published

    I speak regularly on a wide range of matters to Northern Ireland Executive Ministers and the Northern Ireland political parties. This includes discussion of the Government's commitment to safeguarding the UK internal market, handling divergence and encour...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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