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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

ECJ must have no role in Northern Ireland protocol, David Frost says

A road sign at a roundabout on the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland with directions to Belfast and Dublin is seen in Carrickcarnan, Ireland.
Talks on the Northern Ireland protocol were paused two months after Lord Frost quit his role in December. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

David Frost has said Liz Truss must not surrender to the EU by giving the European court of justice a role in trade disputes in Northern Ireland.

On Tuesday, the former Brexit minister told the House of Lords European relations committee: “The court of justice cannot have a jurisdictional or arbitrational role in the future arrangement. I can’t see how they will be stable while that remained the case. I think better if that was acknowledged sooner rather than later.”

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