'At the moment businesses in the border need help identifying new customer markets for goods'

'We want to see a strong economy in Northern Ireland.. It is good for the island as a whole'

As Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss brought forward a Bill to allow the British Government to dismantle parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

It is believed the Protocol could be "trashed" with the new Bill.

Power-sharing at Stormont's been in crisis since February.

He says the introduction of the Protocol bill in Westminster is clearly in breach of international law.

'Nobody is going to invest big money in the north while this cloud hangs over the Protocol arrangements'