Question follow-through · 905059
Immigration Controls: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of border control posts in Scotland on levels of trade between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Scotland Office
- Tabled
- 1 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jul 2025 · 8 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
1 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of border control posts in Scotland on levels of trade between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jul 2025
Answer published
I know the Honourable Member will share my firm desire not to see borders erected between the different nations of our United Kingdom. We have been clear that there will be no border control posts at Cairnryan. The UK Government is unequivocal in its comm...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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