British minister says there is no plan to pause the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

Michael Gove said that while the legislative programme in Westminster is 'above [his] pay grade', he is not aware of any plans to pause the bill's passage.

There is no plan to pause the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill which would tear up the agreement and is currently in the House of Lords, a British minister has said.

Mihcael Gove was speaking next to Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the British Irish Council meeting in Blackpool, England. He said that while the legislative programme in Westminster is "above [his] pay grade", he is not aware of any plans to pause the bill's passage.