Article 5ZAVY M&S chair attacks ‘pointless’ post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland

M&S chair attacks ‘pointless’ post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland

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Sarah Butler
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Archie Norman backs UK plans to scrap parts of protocol, saying lorries require 700 pages of documents'

The chairman of Marks & Spencer has backed government plans to override parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, saying that some food exported south of the border now requires 700 pages of customs documents, partly written in Latin.

Archie Norman, a former Conservative MP, called on the UK government and EU to come to an agreement, saying the rules for sending food between them were highly bureaucratic and pretty pointless" given that British food standards were in line with or higher than those of Brussels.

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