The vice president of the European Commission and the UK’s Brexit minister have been invited to address a Northern Ireland Assembly committee.
Members of Stormont’s Executive Office oversight committee agreed on Wednesday to invite Maros Sefcovic and Lord Frost to address them.
Committee chairman Colin McGrath said they are being asked to give evidence on the impact of Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Colin McGrath said he has been concerned by ‘rhetoric’ from the UK Government (NIAssembly/PA)
The Protocol divides opinion in Northern Ireland where the largest party, the DUP, is urging that it be scrapped.