Further clarity needed on NI business and trade in UK's protocol plan, EU House of Lords committee says

A billboard advocating against an Irish hard border in Jonesborough, Northern Ireland in January this year. Image: Xinhua News Agency/PA Images A billboard advocating against an Irish hard border in Jonesborough, Northern Ireland in January this year.

The House of Lords committee is now asking the British government and the EU to address the concerns of businesses in NI about customs processing on goods moving from Britain to Northern Ireland. Speaking on the day the protocol proposal was released, senior British minister Michael Gove told the House of Commons that the “command paper” implements the protocol “in a way that will protect the people and economy of Northern Ireland”.

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