Louise Haigh – 2020 Comments on Providing Guidance for Businesses in Northern Ireland

Below is the text of the comments made by Louise Haigh, the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on 2 July 2020.

Ministers wasted eight months insisting these checks would never be needed. Businesses are still in the dark and the new system to manage these checks doesn’t yet exist.

The Government needs to say clearly what businesses need to do, what proportion of goods will face physical checks and how they are going to help Northern Irish businesses weather these new costs.

This level of incompetence would be irresponsible at any time but, right now, it is completely reckless. Jobs have already been lost and their cavalier approach risks costing many more.