Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of detail involved in the checks being planned at ports in Northern Ireland.

There will be no new customs infrastructure in Northern Ireland. These rules will be administered by the UK authorities, who can exercise their discretion on when goods need to be checked.

We have always been clear that, following the Northern Ireland Protocol, there would be a limited expansion of facilities at some existing entry points, where certain controls for animal and plant health already take place. We have submitted to the EU applications for these entry points.

We continue to work with the Executive on proposals to minimise requirements on the movement of food and agricultural products, in line with the approach we set out in our May Command Paper.