Legislation to scrap parts of NI Protocol ‘will not breach international law’

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald, said Brandon Lewis was “talking through his hat”.

Brandon Lewis accused the EU of being disingenuous (Yoi Mok/PA)

Legislation giving ministers power to scrap parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol will not breach international law, Brandon Lewis has insisted.

The Northern Ireland Secretary has said the new legislation, to be introduced in Parliament on Monday, would be “lawful” and “correct”.