Boris Johnson is being grilled in the Commons for the first time since his government published draft plans to override parts of the Brexit deal agreed with the EU.
The prime minister is taking questions from Labour leader Keir Stamer and other MPs after the EU Commission confirmed it is taking legal action against London over proposals to take unilateral action on the Northern Ireland protocol.
Macros Sefcovic, the Commission vice president, confirmed the legal action in a Brussels press conference earlier. He said that the UK government had set out to “unilaterally break international law”.
Mr Sefcovic added: “Let there be no doubt: there is no legal nor political justification whatsoever for unilaterally changing an international agreement.
“Opening the door to unilaterally changing an international agreement is a breach of international law as well. So let’s call a spade a spade: this is illegal.”
The government insists the move is legal.
