Chris Tries To Clarify Brexit Opportunities With NI Protocol Article 16 In Place

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Chris Tries To Clarify Brexit Opportunities With NI Protocol Article 16 In Place

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Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch

May I ask the Minister for Brexit Opportunities whether he believes that we can maximise our opportunities as long as article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol remains in place?

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Jacob Rees-Mogg Minister of State (Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government efficiency)

I thank my hon. Friend for his brilliant and inspired question. There are obviously difficulties with the Northern Ireland protocol, which was set out in the agreement to be amendable, changeable and alterable, and that must be done. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary is working on that and it is important to get it right, because nothing must undermine the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as a single entity. That is the Government’s policy, that is the Government’s aim and that is what will happen.

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