Northern Ireland Protocol and Windsor Framework
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether she plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of new (a) policy and (b) legislation on (i) Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland and (ii) Great Britain-Northern Ireland trade and cooperation.
Answered by Hilary Benn
The development of all UK Government policy and legislation will always consider possible impacts, including where required the completion of an impact assessment.
As set out in the Safeguarding the Union command paper, public authorities must also include an explicit Internal Market Assessment as part of any Regulatory Impact Assessments that they are carrying out, to consider whether measures would have an adverse impact on the UK’s internal market, including in respect of Northern Ireland.
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