Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many business owners he met during his visit to the Northern Ireland border in April 2018.

Details of formal Ministerial meetings on Departmental business are published in the Department’s Quarterly Transparency Returns, which are publicly available on GOV.UK.

The Secretary of State undertook a private, low-key visit to Northern Ireland on 23 April to deepen his understanding of one of the key issues of Brexit. He met a range of stakeholders in Northern Ireland, including representatives from the agriculture and agrifood sectors and assured them that the Government will uphold our commitments made to the people of Northern Ireland and the Belfast Agreement.