NEWS STORY : Foreign Secretary Visits Northern Ireland to Discuss the Protocol
STORY
James Cleverly, the Foreign Secretary, is visiting Northern Ireland today to meet political leaders to discuss the future of the Northern Ireland Protocol. The British Government has claimed that the Northern Ireland Protocol arrangements that they had agreed with the European Union as part of the Brexit deal are not working and there is a need to update the agreement. Cleverly is expected to meet leaders from all the main parties in the Province to discuss how to progress the situation.
RESOURCES
Government Press Release on the Visit
Northern Ireland Office Press Release
Jeffrey Donaldson Claiming Northern Ireland Protocol Destroyed Cross-Community Balance
Kevin Brennan – Parliamentary Question on Solving Problems with Protocol
Doug Beattie – Comments on the Northern Ireland Protocol
Diane Dodds – Comments on the Northern Ireland Protocol
Caoimhe Archibald – Comments on the Northern Ireland Protocol
Michael Ellis – Speech on the Northern Ireland Protocol
Peter Kyle – Speech on the Northern Ireland Protocol
Brandon Lewis – Speech on the Northern Ireland Protocol
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