Member

What is striking about this regulation is that we are told that for movements from Northern Ireland to Great Britain it is perfectly possible to have a border but that the compliance and other checks on goods can be done away from the border in the various situations as outlined in the EU regulation. Yet, when goods are moved in the other direction—from Great Britain to Northern Ireland—we are forced to have full checks with full international customs requirements except in limited circumstances where you are allowed to go through a green lane at the grace and favour of the EU which, of course, can be removed by the EU at its whim, if it suits it, because it is prescribed in EU legislation not in UK legislation.