{"value":{"id":1381237,"askingMemberId":4473,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-11-23T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-11-26T00:00:00","uin":"80376","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the legal text of the UK's proposed changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol has been shared with the Northern Ireland Executive.","answeringBodyId":21,"answeringBodyName":"Northern Ireland Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3922,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-11-26T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>As part of the ongoing discussions with the EU on the Northern Ireland Protocol (the Protocol) we have shared a draft legal text with the EU which reflects the proposals in our Command Paper and provides the foundation for a new forward-looking Protocol that will govern the trading relationship between the UK and EU as far as it affects Northern Ireland. It is a negotiating document at the moment and therefore not public.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers meet regularly with the Northern Ireland Executive First Minister and deputy First Minister to share information on the progress of our discussions with the EU on the Protocol.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Northern Ireland Protocol","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1381237","method":"GET"}]}