European Union: Northern Ireland

(asked on 28th April 2020) - View Source

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government why they did not accept the EU’s initial request for an office in Northern Ireland.


Answered by
Viscount Younger of Leckie Portrait
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 6th May 2020

Article 12 of the Northern Ireland Protocol does not necessitate or place any requirement on the UK to facilitate an EU Delegation office in Belfast, or indeed any other permanent EU presence in Northern Ireland.

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