Member

That is only part of the cost involved in these restrictions and complex arrangements. It would be also good to know whether the Government intend and continue to pledge that these arrangements for trader support and other movement assistance schemes will remain in place indefinitely, or is it still the plan that at some point they will come to an end and then traders and hauliers will have to bear the cost, which will, of course, be passed on to consumers in Northern Ireland? Concepts such as qualifying Northern Ireland goods and non-qualifying Northern Ireland goods are necessary only because of the protocol, as a result of which we are subject to this panoply of regulations to govern trade within the United Kingdom.