Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the ongoing negotiations regarding the Northern Ireland protocol on the (a) Government's relations with the US and (b) likelihood of reaching a trade deal with the US.

We and the US are at one on the paramount need to protect the gains of the peace process and the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement in all its dimensions. The Protocol is not currently doing that which is why significant changes are needed.