Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what actions they are taking with the EU to ensure that the sale of poppies in Northern Ireland is removed or made exempt from the requirement to have an EU representative nominated with associated paperwork.

We are pleased that the Royal British Legion continues their charitable fundraising activities in Northern Ireland as they have always done. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has written to the Royal British Legion to assure them that the updated General Product Safety Regulation in Northern Ireland does not apply in respect of the Poppy Appeal.