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UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

Asked by Jim AllisterTraditional Unionist VoiceNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled Answered 21 July 2025UIN 68605

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 64618 on UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland, whether he has received the first report of the Independent Monitoring Panel; and when he plans to publish it.

Answered by Hilary Benn

The Government has not yet received the initial report of the Independent Monitoring Panel, whose first monitoring period ended on 30 June. We expect to receive the Panel’s report in due course and will publish it in accordance with the existing commitment to do so.

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