Mr. Stuart Anderson:

I will not take much time. The number one challenge we have been experiencing since the end of the transition relates to getting our heads around the complexity of trading through Northern Ireland. While some of that is teething problems or relates to getting over the challenges of having no implementation period, there are substantive challenges, some of which Mr. Connolly outlined and others that are with the at-risk test such as how broad is the definition of processing within Article 5 of the protocol. That is causing significant problems for some of our manufacturers, which are being hit with tariffs even though some of their products will not, in reality, go into the EU. That is a difficulty we need to address and work through, and much work we have been doing collectively and individually is to examine those challenges and try to find solutions. Business adapts and finds a way to work around it, and groupage is a good example of solutions that were worked through, co-designed and co-ordinated between business and government. Hopefully, that model will be something we can continue to roll out as we work through the substantive challenges.

Nevertheless, I agree with the sentiment. We have a new arrangement and it is now up to business, with government and all the relevant policymakers, to try to make it work and deliver both for houses and for businesses, with peace and prosperity for Northern Ireland going forward.