UUP launch NI Protocol alternatives paper

UUP Leader Doug Beattie MC MLA said:

“The Ulster Unionist Party is not interested in just complaining and pointing out the flaws of the Northern Ireland Protocol. We want to find common sense solutions that will prevent it having a negative effect on the people of Northern Ireland.

“We were not responsible for the Protocol, but we want to put forward proposals that can remove the Irish Sea Border. There should be no new borders east/west or north/south and we believe this can be achieved if the will is there.

“We have continued to develop our thinking on the NI Protocol since it emerged and some proposals we have put forward since 2019 have been adopted by the UK Government in their Command Paper. In our previous meeting with MaroÅ¡ Å efÄ