Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reported statement by President Macron that Northern Ireland is not a full part of the United Kingdom.

We do not comment on private diplomatic exchanges. The Government believes it is important that all discussions related to the Northern Ireland Protocol take place on the basis of the clear statements in the Protocol itself that it respects the UK’s territorial integrity (Article 1(2)) and that Northern Ireland is part of the UK’s customs territory (Article 4) and internal market (Article 6(2)).