Northern Ireland Protocol - Statement

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:42 pm on 17 May 2022.

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Photo of Lord Empey Lord Empey UUP 3:42, 17 May 2022

My Lords, in the other place, the Secretary of State referred to unintended consequences. I have to say that all the consequences were foreseeable—and indeed were foreseen. The Foreign Secretary said,

“I want to be clear … that this is not about scrapping the protocol”,

and my noble friend Lord Moylan hit the nail on the head. Does this mean that, in perpetuity, laws will be made on behalf of Northern Ireland by a foreign power over which we have neither input nor say?