Mr. Bernard Gloster:

Cross-Border co-operation in areas such as healthcare, be that in emergency healthcare responses or in primary care and proactive care management, makes perfect sense for the people who live in Border regions. In terms of cross-Border co-operation generally, which works both ways, there is a significant amount to be gained and learned from taking what works in one place and reproducing it elsewhere. All those relationships, such as the traditional relationships and so on, are extremely important. During the pandemic, we saw the relevance of the connection between the population of Northern Ireland and that of the Republic. It is an obvious consideration.