MPs will debate a motion next week on the so-called “Stormont brake” – a key part of the new Brexit deal agreed between the UK and EU attempting to solve issues in Northern Ireland.

Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt confirmed the move in the Commons, saying the debate on one of the main elements of the Windsor Framework will take place on Wednesday, with the detail of the legislation to be published on Monday.

The Windsor agreement was announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen at the end of last month in the hope of solving ongoing problems with the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol – designed to prevent a hard border being reintroduced on the island of Ireland.

While post sides signed up to the initial deal, it led to trade barriers being created between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) refusing to form an executive in Stormont until the protocol was scrapped.

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