I am very grateful to the noble Lord for giving way; I will be brief. I would like to put on record, as I think he knows, that I have consistently said that the democratic deficit should be addressed by giving Northern Ireland Ministers, MLAs and the Assembly as a whole proper accountability for what is going on. The Windsor Framework actually improves that, although I think that there are lots of unanswered questions.
Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hain
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 29 March 2023.
It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023.
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