Paisley calls for the removal of the NI Protocol as an ‘impediment to trade’

Lorry drivers and officials talk at the DEARA site near Belfast Port (Liam McBurney/PA)

A DUP MP has challenged a logistics chief to call for the removal of the Northern Ireland Protocol as an “impediment to trade”.

Ian Paisley made the call six days into the operation of the mechanism which means the region effectively remains in the single market for goods and operates under different regulatory and customs arrangements to the rest of the UK.