I said the Assembly had nothing to do with the negotiation of the protocol. That is reserved to Ministers in this place. On the implementation, of course, the right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, but the negotiations are reserved to the United Kingdom Parliament. That is the point I made; it was not about the implementation.
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Simon Hoare
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 29 November 2022.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill.
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