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UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

Asked by Alex BurghartConservativeNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled Answered 21 October 2024UIN 9528

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Safeguarding the Union, published on 31 January 2024, what progress his Department has made on setting out how public authorities should have speci

Answered by Hilary Benn

Consistent with the commitments made in Safeguarding the Union, the Government published statutory guidance to public authorities on upholding their legal duties to have special regard to the UK internal market on 30 September.

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