with permission, mr speaker, i would like to make a seven on the northern ireland protocol. after weeks of negotiations, today we have made a decisive breakthrough. the windsor framework delivers free floating trade within the whole night kingdom. it protects northern ireland s place in our union and it safeguards sovereignty for the people of northern ireland. by achieving all this, it preserves the delicate balance inherent in the belfast good friday agreement. mr speaker, does what many said could not be done. removing thousands of pages of eu laws and making permanent weekly binding changes to the protocol treaty itself. that is the protocol treaty itself. that is the breakthrough we have made, those are the changes we will deliver, now is the time to move forward as one united kingdom. mr speaker, before i turn to the details, let us remind ourselves why this matters. it matters because at the heart of the belfast good friday agreement and the reason it has endured for a
northern ireland. lift the ban on the movement of seed potatoes, particularly important for scottish businesses, and we will deliver this by extending the existing uk plant passport scheme. and when it comes to pets we have made sure that people from northern ireland will have completely free access to travel to great britain. and if you are a pet owner travelling from great britain to northern ireland, just make sure your pet is micro chipped and then all you need to do is simply to take a box when booking your travel. so whether it is lower vat rates, lower beard your travel. so whether it is lower vat rates, lower heard to d, jubilee homes and garden centres, seamless travel with pets, seamless trade and seed potatoes or the summa supply of cutting edge medicines, all of this now for everyone, everywhere, in the united kingdom. and mr speaker, the windsorframework goes united kingdom. and mr speaker, the windsor framework goes further still. safeguarding sovereignty for the people o