Watch the moment the family of Dáithí Mac Gabhann, the young boy in need of a new heart, found out their campaign to change Northern Ireland's organ donation laws had made a breakthrough via an intervention from the UK government Read more here:
over its protest against post-Brexit trade rules known as the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Now it is understood the government is tabling the amendment to the bill in its own name - a significant move that is thought to have the Speaker's backing. "Some sought to use this important issue as a bargaining chip rather than immediately legislating in the House of Commons," he said.
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