Question follow-through · 53800
Import Controls: Northern Ireland
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what function will the border posts being built at Northern Ireland’s ports now perform in light of the UK-EU deal.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what function will the border posts being built at Northern Ireland’s ports now perform in light of the UK-EU deal.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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2 Jun 2025
Answer published
This will depend on the final shape of a deal, however, the Government is clear that its priority is to reduce barriers to trade and red tape at the border.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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