Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress the Government has made on establishing an agreement with the EU to facilitate the supply of medicines to Northern Ireland under the Northern Ireland Protocol.

We have been in ongoing technical talks with the EU. There has been some potential convergence on the medicines issue but agreement has not been reached. Any acceptable solution needs to ensure that medicines are available at the same time and on the same basis across the whole of the UK. Continued supply of medicines to Northern Ireland is paramount.