Professor Imelda Maher:

This is the tension between logistics and law and it is really the logistics we are getting into. The list idea is one to pursue. Another thought I have had that the committee should look at is what the ports are doing and the level of co-operation that will be needed between points of entry. The Welsh ports are very exercised about this and there is co-operation there. On the granular side it is not a legal question but a pragmatic question about how the ports are working together to ensure the flow of goods is as we would want it to be.

I commented on governance because we need granular data and we need to be able to deal with governance as soon as possible. This is why the committee established under the protocol will begin as soon as the protocol is ratified. It will answer the question on where these goods will go, when can they go and how much paperwork will be associated with them. That is the body that will answer a lot of these questions for the committee.