Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the food industry in Northern Ireland in relation to the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.

Defra regularly engages with a wide range of businesses and industry bodies including the food industry via various forums, to understand the impacts of the Northern Ireland Protocol. Our weekly NI-GB Food Supply Chain Forum regularly attracts over 150 businesses and, during the week commencing 13 June, we held eight distinct engagements with multiple sectors of the food supply chain via dedicated roundtables, forums and 1:1 engagements.