SDLP leader Colum Eastwood asks Steve Baker if he supports the part of the Good Friday Agreement which demands the UK government remain "rigorously impartial".

Mr Baker says he "absolutely" does.

He says that the agreement reached with the DUP is compatible "both with our unionism and with our full respect of all dimensions of the Belfast Agreement".

Chair of Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee Sir Robert Buckland also responds to the intervention from Colum Eastwood and says there is no "binary choice" between protecting the UK internal market and Northern Ireland's access to the EU single market.

DUP MP Paul Girvan says he appreciates the need for red lane checks for goods going into the Republic of Ireland, but asks if further work can be done.

For a "major firm" in his constituency, 98% of its sales are in Northern Ireland and 2% might "make its way into the Republic". However it all arrives in one container so every item will need checked.

Girvan asks if work can be done "to ameliorate the problem".

Steve Baker says that "there is going to be further work to do" and offers to see how he can assist the company involved.

The DUP leader intervenes to say that the deal agreed with the government will "significantly change" the status of goods arriving from around the world into Great Britain and then travelling to Northern Ireland.

He adds that the effect of this change will be that "some four million goods movements" between Great Britain and Northern Ireland will be taken out of the red lane.

He says that this is an example of his party "delivering and securing real change".

Steve Baker thanks Sir Jeffrey and says he welcomes the intervention.

Wilson says that much of the trade which goes through Northern Ireland does not go to the Irish Republic, but this will still be subject to checks in the red lane.

He says close to 1% or 4% of trade will leave Northern Ireland, but 20% will be subject to checks.

Steve Baker responds: "I wouldn’t accept that, no. I’m not in a position now to set out the statistics.

"I don’t doubt the statistics need some work applied to them but it does have to be said that we voted for the Protocol Bill and were willing to have a red lane to safeguard the legitimate interests of our friends and partners in Ireland and the EU."

Steve Baker, Minister of State for Northern Ireland, is laying this piece of legislation before the house.

He says: "The health of our union is ensured by the free flow of trade within the union.

"Enhancing that economic aspect is the aim of this second set of regulations before the house today.

He says the bill has been well received by businesses so far.

"I want to thank and congratulate all those who have made this possible.

The debate comes back around to the Northern Ireland secretary to close - he takes an intervention from DUP MP Carla Lockhart and, in answering her question, he also apologies to her for comments he made in the Commons yesterday.

On Wednesday, Heaton-Harris responded to a question of Lockhart's by saying the answer was in the command paper but, today, he says he misheard her and is sorry for his answer.

With that, the secretary of state moves the first piece of legislation affirming Northern Ireland's place in the UK - and it passes.

We're now onto the second piece of legislation which is to guarantee Northern Irish goods can be sold in Great Britain.

Colum Eastwood interjects by commending Jeffrey Donaldson for the hard work in recent times and for "facing down" people in his own constituency.

But he also added for the record that "the SDLP do not support this command paper".

"We believe it moves far beyond the principals of the Good Friday Agreement, it is undermining north-south co-operation.

"We need to ensure further negotiations are inclusive of all parties so everybody can feel comfortable in the result."

Jeffrey Donaldson responds by saying that he makes no apologies for being a unionist.

"Today is an important moment for us, as unionists," he adds.

"Our primary focus has been on the protection of the union."

Donaldson now addresses his critics, saying: "When they are in a position to set out clearly for the people of Northern Ireland what they have achieved - the changes they have secured to the protocol and the Windsor Framework and to safeguard our place in the union - I’ll consider discussing with them.

"But what I will not do and what I will not accept is their criticism of what we have achieved in terms of safeguarding the union. Real achievements. Real changes. Changes my party has long sought."

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson adds that his party have "achieved more, we have gone further".

"What we have achieved is removing the need for a green lane, because we have reestablished Northern Ireland's position within the UK's internal market.

"Under these new arrangements, goods will flow through the UK internal market system.

"There is only the need for one lane, for goods going on to the EU.

"That removes the Irish Sea border and it means the only checks that we need to carry out are for those goods moving into the EU.

"So this is progress. But we don't have everything we want. It is unfinished business."

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson is now speaking at length - he says that the problem "for us on this bench is that the origins of our difficulty was the withdrawal agreement".

"The decision to go with the (Northern Ireland) protocol, placed Northern Ireland in a situation where we were separated from the United Kingdom in key elements.

"It is a work in progrees to repair the damage that decision made.

"I welcome the opportunity to debate theses statutory elements.

"It is the will of the people of Northern Ireland that will ultimately determine our future."

In his remarks, Bill Cash, the European Scrutiny Committee chair, says “we will see” whether the new approach works.

“There will be continuing arguments and there will be continuing debates.

“I voted against the Windsor Framework because I foresaw that issues were going to arise of this kind. I have to pay tribute to all the people involved in trying to mitigate the ultimate impact of the Windsor Framework.

“But as chair of the EU Scrutiny Committee, I can say we will be monitoring this, we are concerned and I am concerned.”

Conservative MP Bill Cash takes an intervention from the DUP's Gavin Robinson, who says that "back in 2000, (Sinn Féin's) Gerry Adams said we would have a united Ireland by 2016".

"Here we are in 2024, the government that will make the decision whether or not to call a border poll," he says, adding that in the command paper the government notes that "there is no realistic prospect of a border poll leading to a united Ireland".

SNP's Richard Thomson says his party has never made any secret of their disagreement with Brexit and "broadly" welcomes the point reached today.

"Having clarity around Northern Ireland’s constitutional status is helpful as indeed is the reaffirmation of the principle of consent," he says.

Thomson adds that the "manner in which Brexit has come about has caused issues in Scotland" and he hopes his party has been able to "empathise with concerns" of people in Northern Ireland.

He adds: "While there were opportunities to recast a deal which could work better, I would argue, for all parts of the UK, I do not begrudge Northern Ireland a single aspect of what has been agreed."

DUP MP Ian Paisley says that MPs "need to prise the fingers of Europe off what's happening in Northern Ireland".

He adds that the situation is as such because "this house failed to stand up to Europe, and allowed Northern Ireland to be a buffer zone to protect their internal market and throw ours down the toilet."

Buckland responds that he feels the emotion and the "proper points" that he makes,

He says there's not going to be an elegant solution to these issues, adding that it was always going to need compromise. He commends DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and his colleagues for moving forward with the deal.

Hilary Benn has brought his remarks to a close and now it's Sir Robert Buckland's turn - he's the chair of Westminster's Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

Just before he stands, the deputy speaker reminds MPs there is time pressure and to keep their comments brief.

Alliance MP Stephen Farry asks about the Stormont brake, a mechanism which gives the Northern Ireland Assembly the power to object to changes to EU laws that apply in Northern Ireland.

He says delay around EU regulations applying in Northern Ireland could undermine its "advantage in terms of dual-market access by creating uncertainty for businesses seeking to invest or stay in Northern Ireland".

“By far the better way is for NI institutions to get in at the start and talk to the EU to make sure our concerns are reflected as fresh EU law is developed or updated as EU law is undertaken.”

Hilary Benn, the shadow NI secretary, says this is a “powerful and useful point”.

“Businesses I have spoken to in Northern Ireland are supportive of the access NI has to the EU market. In choosing to pull or not pull the Stormont brake there are many considerations I’m sure elected politicians will take into consideration. It depends what impact it will have.”

NI Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has finished his remarks and now it's the turn of Labour's Shadow NI Secretary Hilary Benn.

He begins by saying there are two objectives - to enable the free flow of trade between Northern Ireland and GB and to make sure that goods the enter the Republic of Ireland meet the standards of the single market.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson interjects: "Does he agree with me that it is dismaying that a bottle of Bushmills whiskey would have a £3 tariff added to it just to be sold in the UK?"

We don't want that, adds Donaldson. DUP MP Sammy Wilson follows up by saying that the tariffs are being added by an outside body - the EU - and this is disrupting the Act of Union.

Sir Robert Buckland MP, chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, says it is important to make a difference between “Northern Ireland’s integral place constitutionally within UK and its internal market, and the access it has to the single market as a result of its unique position”.

He adds: “Those two words - access and constitutional place - are the things we need to focus on when trying to square this circle.”

Chris Heaton-Harris agrees, adding that it is a “very important point”.

SDLP MP Colum Eastwood says he accepts that the DUP were at the heart of the issue of government in Northern Ireland but asks Heaton-Harris if he accepts "that it is not good practice to have a one-party process".

Heaton-Harris says he had to convince the DUP to get back to government - which took up more of his time, adding: "I had to rebuild the trust between the UK government and the DUP."

Eastwood replies that there "are more people in Northern Ireland than just the DUP and just unionism".

Julian Smith MP – a former Northern Ireland secretary - says there have been many “keyboard warriors” commenting over what's been happening in Northern Ireland, adding: “I’m not sure what they’ve achieved over the last few months.”

He suggests they read the "Safeguarding the Union" document to “see that none of the acts of the union are under threat in any way”.

Chris Heaton-Harris agrees that there “has been a lot of noise” from “people who have done absolutely nothing” and who are “trying to cloud the reality”.