InterTrade UK and UK East-West Council: Northern Ireland

(asked on 25th July 2024) - View Source

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to take steps to (a) convene the East-West Council and (b) establish Intertrade UK.


Answered by
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Hilary Benn
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 2nd September 2024

The Government is committed to taking all necessary steps to protect the UK internal market, and to making progress on the commitments made in the Safeguarding the Union command paper. This includes taking steps to establish Intertrade UK and to convene the next meeting of the East-West Council, which had its inaugural meeting in March 2024.

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