Ms Sally-Ann Hart:

I wanted to come back on the Biden point, not on Dover. It is important to reinforce that the contentious clauses in the internal market Bill were to protect the Northern Ireland protocol and the Good Friday Agreement. When we have the agreement in principle by the joint committee yesterday, in particular with regard to the protocol on Northern Ireland, that in itself is very hopeful. We have not seen the detail of it yet but because of that agreement in principle, the Government has withdrawn those contentious clauses which were to protect the GB-Northern Ireland trade in the event of a no-deal. There is hope.

In regard to the future relationship, I agree with everybody that we need to have the closest possible relationship. People have talked about Brexit is a type of divorce. In a divorce when there is a clean break it is then possible to develop a future relationship, which is often easier than when there is no clean break and one party is paying maintenance or still has control. It is important to consider that. We want a clean break but want to develop a closer future relationship.