Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his oral contribution of 13 May 2020, Official Report column 235, whether unfettered access excludes (a) import declarations and (b) entry summary declarations on goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

The Government set out its approach to implementing the Protocol on 20 May, affirming our commitment to legislate to guarantee unfettered access for Northern Ireland’s businesses to the whole of the UK internal market, and ensure that this legislation is in force for 1 January 2021. This means there will be no import customs declarations as goods enter the rest of the UK from Northern Ireland and no entry summary (‘safety and security’) declaration as goods enter the rest of the UK from Northern Ireland.