Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jim Allister

Monday 16th December 2024 Commons Chamber

[Jim Allister (North Antrim) (TUV)]

E-commerce is a growing part of our economy. Will the Minister spare a thought for small-scale employers in my constituency and throughout Northern Ireland, who. since Friday, have seen their supply chain clobbered by the imposition on Northern Ireland of the EU’s general product safety regulations? Because of the extra paperwork and the need to pay an agent in Northern Ireland, many suppliers in Great Britain are now refusing to sell to Northern Ireland. Will this Government ever take steps to reintegrate Northern Ireland into the internal market—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. We have to shorten questions a little, so that I can get others in.