{"value":{"id":1600580,"askingMemberId":210,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-03-01T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-03-15T00:00:00","uin":"HL6036","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Windsor Framework on duty free purchases when flying from airports in Northern Ireland.","answeringBodyId":14,"answeringBodyName":"Treasury","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4726,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-03-15T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Windsor Framework does not impact the government’s duty-free policy. The government has always been committed to maintaining frictionless trade between Northern Ireland and Ireland and between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Enabling duty-free shopping between Ireland and Northern Ireland or between Northern Ireland and Great Britain would lead to significant distortions of trade on the island of Ireland as well as a significant revenue loss for both UK and Ireland by creating a legal route for unlimited amounts of alcohol and tobacco to flow into the UK market duty-free.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Duty Free Allowances: Northern Ireland","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1600580","method":"GET"}]}