Armed Forces: Northern Ireland

(asked on 1st February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Northern Ireland Protocol (a) places limits on his Department's ability to conduct operations and (b) causes delays to those operations.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 4th February 2021

The Protocol is clear that it respects the essential state functions and territorial integrity of the UK. It therefore places no restrictions on military movements between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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