The NI Affairs Committee will inquire into the impact of the Irish Protocol and whether it will allow goods produced in Northern Ireland unfettered access to the rest of the UK internal market. The committee will investigate the following:

What customs checks, processes, declarations and infrastructure improvements will need to be implemented by (a) businesses and (b) customs authorities in (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) Britain in order to export goods from (A) Northern Ireland to Britain and (B) Britain to NI?

Whether the UK has sufficient (a) customs agents (b) customs officials & (c) veterinarians to facilitate the new customs arrangements?

What effect the new customs arrangements will have on the (a) volume and (b) profitability of (i) West-East and (ii) East-West trade btn NI & GB?