that is interesting in terms of falling short, but that actually came into without just era by jeffrey donaldson, leader of the day because of unit his party here at the northern ireland descent. this is what he had to say. it still leaves in place and i receive border. there will still be checks on the movement of goods within the united kingdom, and that's not something we find acceptable. now this is a welcome. first step, the will be intensive and focused negotiations. so let's see where we get to what we do need to see more progress. this falls well short of what we require, but for where we were a few months ago, we've moved forward. no, those words are a lot more diplomatic than the ones we heard from david frost. the british sher bricks. it minister only 24 hours ago when he went straight into the, to an attack on the, the e, you and demanded that there has to be a different way of going about this altogether. and he was talking of actually a pressing the button in article 16 of them of suspending the whole a treaty altogether. and this is, this is a real point of contention. the issue o

of the northern ireland assembly jeffrey donaldson. what is the, what is the problem? because the a so the assurances from the european union that everything is going to be worked out with a massive reduction up to 80 percent of clearance on all goods are coming across into northern ireland. well, that's not what the proposal is actually say. it still leaves in place and i received border. there will still be checks on the movement of goods within the united kingdom. that's not something we find acceptable. now this is a welcome 1st step, that will be intensive and focus negotiations. so let's see where we got to, but we do need to see more progress. this falls well short of what we require, but for where we were a few months ago, we've moved forward. the british government has been accused of, of really just planning all along to drop recognition of what is an international treaty and just do what they want. well lord for our smith, the position clear yesterday, what we need is a new arrangement to replace the protocol. that's what we're aiming for in any negotiations

god bless yom— on i bless you. jeffrey donaldson. on behalf of my _ bless you. jeffrey donaldson. children and to the wider family circle, on the half of my party, i offer my heartfelt condolences and deepest sympathy and trust and pray that almighty god, the greatest of all comforters, we will draw near to all of them. david epitomised the true meaning of public service. he was the model parliamentarian. he sought office not for himself but to serve others. influenced by his deep christian faith. to champion the needs of the most vulnerable, to give a voice to the voiceless, and to stand up for the interests of the people of southend west. david's greatestjoy people of southend west. david's greatest joy came people of southend west. david's greatestjoy came not in holding office but in how he could use that office but in how he could use that office to improve the everyday lives office to improve the everyday lives of those he was honoured to represent. the people of his constituency and now from the city of southend have lost their greatest champion. and i, like members on all