Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Effect of Renegotiation on Other Trade Negotiations - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 12:13 pm on 21 October 2021.

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Photo of Lord Anderson of Swansea Lord Anderson of Swansea Labour 12:13, 21 October 2021

My Lords, can anyone trust this Government on international legal matters? They have already admitted to breaching international law again on Northern Ireland. Now they have failed to honour a protocol that they freely entered into, and they threaten to breach our clear obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. Is this cavalier attitude to international legal obligations likely to be a positive or a negative feature in relation to our future partners?