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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Hatton

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill will not be accelerated or slowed – Cleverly

PA Wire

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has suggested the Government will not delay the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, insisting the commitment he has made is for it to progress at a normal pace while negotiations with the EU continue.

Mr Cleverly said in the Commons that he told European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic “we would not either artificially accelerate that process or artificially hinder or retard that process”.

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