In order to make a proposed border solution work, there will have to be an element of Northern Ireland Executive control over the implementation of any putative agreement. With no extant Northern Ireland Executive, the only solution for that would be imposition on the people of Northern Ireland through direct rule. One does not seek to address democratic issues on one part of these islands by taking democracy away from another, so will the Minister tell the House what his Government are doing to address this democratic outrage?
Irish Border: Customs Arrangements
Proceeding contribution from
Martin Docherty-Hughes
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 October 2019.
It occurred during Urgent question on Irish Border: Customs Arrangements.
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664 c1132 
Session
2017-19
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2019-10-11 10:34:28 +0100
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