Trade under the NI Protocol

The session looked at the trading situation under the NI Protocol at the time of the meeting, the benefits and disadvantages, and the proposals for change from the UK and EU. We then examined the implications of further future courses of action, including the use of Article 16.

Witnesses

• The Rt Hon Sir David Lidington KCB CBE, Former Cabinet Minister

• Katy Hayward, Professor of Political Sociology, Queens University Belfast, Senior Fellow of UK in a Changing Europe.

• Seamus Leheny, Policy Manager, Logistics UK.

• Alan Beattie, Senior Trade Writer, Financial Times.