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By Julian O Neill
Published is a downgrade when it comes to new arrangements covering policing and security.
They said the loss of real-time access to EU information systems and potentially slower extradition cases are the most glaring examples. However, I don t think that means the deal is a bad deal, said Gemma Davies from Northumbria Law School.
The academics were giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
They said the agreement was never going to match the co-operation experienced while the UK was a member of the EU.
Ms Davies said security downgrade is a term that has been used and that she would agree with that .
Wednesday January 13, 2021, 6:44 PM
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he is very concerned about a new variant of coronavirus which has been identified in Brazil.
Mr Johnson, speaking at the Liaison Committee, insisted to senior MPs that the government was taking steps to ensure the new strain is not imported to the UK, but he did not specify what measures were being taken.
He added how experts are looking into whether new strains of the virus - including one first identified in the UK and another first spotted in South Africa - are resistant to vaccines.
He said there is no evidence so far to suggest this is the case.