Economic Situation: Northern Ireland

(asked on 15th July 2026) - View Source

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland’s economy.


Answered by
Sarah Owen Portrait
Sarah Owen
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)
This question was answered on 7th September 2026

Under the Windsor Framework, Northern Ireland is in a unique position as the only place in the world where businesses can sell goods into the UK Internal Market and the EU Single Market without customs friction or tariffs.

A growing chorus of businesses across a range of sectors have publicly cited dual market access as beneficial to their business performance and future growth opportunities.

Northern Ireland has one of the strongest economies in the whole of the UK and has experienced one of the fastest rates of economic growth since Brexit.

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