Incident cited as one example of the ‘disastrous’ impact of new rules on goods crossing Irish Sea

A lorry load of potato crisps destined for a Northern Ireland supermarket was held up for two days because of Brexit checks, MPs have been told.

The Conservative MP Sir Bernard Jenkin made the claim at the House of Commons public accounts committee (PAC) as the Labour party was told of the “disastrous” impact of the Northern Ireland protocol.

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