Professor Steve Peers sets out what the Northern Ireland Protocol will actually mean regarding checks at the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland.
“On Wednesday 11 March 2020, at a meeting of the Future Relationship with the European Union Committee of the House of Commons, the following exchange took place:
Hilary Benn: “On goods moving from GB to Northern Ireland under the Northern Irish Protocol, we know there are some regulatory checks at the moment … there will be additional checks once the Northern Ireland Protocol is implemented won’t there?”.
Michael Gove: “That’ll be a matter for the Joint Committee”.
No it won’t. No it isn’t. There will be additional checks. Mr Gove is wrong.”
The Protocol on Ireland/ Northern Ireland: What it says is not what it does (EU Law Analysis, link)