'I think, hopefully, there will be good news in a matter of days, not weeks.'
The Prime Minister is "on the cusp" of securing new Brexit terms with the European Union, according to his deputy.
The Cabinet minister later told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg: "If we can get this over the line - we're on the cusp, we've made great progress, we're not there yet - this would be a really important deal." Mark Francois, chairman of the Tory Eurosceptic European Research Group , and Labour shadow foreign secretary David Lammy, not natural bedfellows, agreed there should be "no rush on any vote in Parliament".
The protocol, signed by Mr Johnson in 2020, was designed to prevent a hard border with Ireland after Brexit by effectively keeping Northern Ireland in the EU's single market. "If there are any new rules that would apply in relation to Northern Ireland, it must be right that there is a Northern Irish democratic check on that," Mr Raab told the BBC.The Leave campaigner also appeared to confirm reports about new customs arrangements for goods travelling into Northern Ireland from Great Britain.
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