Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to ensure to timely passage of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill.

Our preference has always been for a negotiated outcome, but if that isn't possible, we have introduced the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill to fix the practical problems created by the Protocol. We have always said we won't expedite the bill and parliamentary business will be announced in the usual way.