Baroness O'Loan:

I think my question has been misunderstood. What I was concerned about and interested in was the extent to which Ireland would benefit from the arrangements which exist on the island of Ireland, and possibly the extent to which some of the actions of the European Union earlier on, particularly in the context of Article 16, were perhaps less helpful, and whether there was sufficient flexibility in the Union to enable Ireland to benefit or whether it was "all for one and one for all" but not to allow Ireland to have a special relationship or a particularly coherent one. The evidence we have heard is that cross-Border trade has increased since the protocol was agreed and that is very positive. My question was about Ireland, not just Northern Ireland. I expressed it wrongly so I apologise.