Northern Ireland Protocol

James Davies Excerpts
Tuesday 17th May 2022

(1 year, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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As I have said, the Bill is legal in international law and we will set out the position in due course.

James Davies Portrait Dr James Davies (Vale of Clwyd) (Con)
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I thank my right hon. Friend for her statement. Will she comment on the transfer of data within the UK’s trusted trader scheme to the EU and on how could that process be further improved?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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We are already sharing large amounts of data that we collect as part of the trusted trader scheme with the EU to give reassurance that trade is not being diverted from the GB-Northern Ireland route into the EU. We want to build on that with enforcement measures so that those violating the trusted trader scheme are not allowed to continue to do so.