bureaucracy east west, we ve seen fewer goods coming to northern ireland, we ve seen them come in at a higher cost and we ve also seen companies from great britain not trading. it is also the case that the people of northern ireland are not able to benefit from the same tax benefits as people in great britain. so, for example, at the spring statement when the chancellor announced there would be a reduction in vat on solar panels, we weren t able to pass that reduction on to people in northern ireland. so there are real problems in northern ireland, people feeling more disconnected to the united kingdom. so what we are doing through the northern ireland protocol bill is making that east west trade easier through the green channel, and we are also restoring the tax rules so they are now set by the uk government. the irish foreign minister simon coveney said the plans marked a new low for british irish relations, and broke international law.