Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 900173 on UK Internal Trade: Large Goods Vehicles, when she last met representatives of the Northern Ireland Haulage industry; what issues were raised; and what steps her Department took to help resolve those issues.

Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. In relation to the Windsor Framework, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland also regularly engages with businesses including meeting with industry representatives in Belfast in late August.

The Government’s key focus is to ensure a smooth transition to the new arrangements for the movement of goods under the Windsor Framework. Officials have regularly engaged business representative organisations and businesses on the technical delivery elements of the changes. This includes a workshop group with the haulage industry which has covered a range of topics in relation to the specific challenges faced by hauliers.