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Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

The Minister gave a reply to the question about what the basis of the consent vote in 2024 would be, but I really did not

understand what he said. Surely the vote in 2024 will take place on the Northern Ireland protocol and its arrangements for implementation as they stand at the time of the review, not as they are now and not as they would be if the Government unilaterally changed the protocol and destroyed it in the process—then there would not be a review at all. The answer is surely quite simple. It cannot be said with precision, because we do not know what the provisions of the protocol and those for its implementation might be at the time the vote takes place, but that is what it will be on.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
825 c314 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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