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Border Control Posts

Wednesday 2 September 2020 · 1 question

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Answered 1 Partly answered 0 Not answered 0

Key points

  • Ministerial Questions took place on 2020-09-02
  • Philippa Whitford asked about UK Government requests to the EU for border control posts at Northern Ireland ports
  • The response stated there will be no new infrastructure for borders in Northern Ireland

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Philippa Whitford SNP Central Ayrshire
Immigration Northern Ireland Brexit
Context

Concerns about new infrastructure for borders in Northern Ireland despite PM's claim of no checks or controls.

Question

If he will publish details of the UK Government request to the EU to establish border control posts at Northern Ireland ports. If, as the Prime Minister has claimed, there will be no checks or border controls for British goods entering Northern Ireland, what exactly are the new border posts at Northern Ireland sea ports and airports for?

Answer from Brandon Lewis (The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland)

I will answer the substantive and supplementary questions together and just repeat what I said a few moments ago—there will be no new infrastructure in Northern Ireland for borders.

Answered

Not addressed: Publication of details regarding UK Government's request to EU, purpose of border posts at ports.

How: Repeating Previous Statement

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