Inter-parliamentary Dialogue

Part of Private Members' Business – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 4:45 pm on 18 October 2021.

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Photo of John O'Dowd John O'Dowd Sinn Féin 4:45, 18 October 2021

Yes. It was all rejected. The hardest of hard Brexits was demanded. Thankfully, there was more common sense among the many people who said, "No. We just cannot have a hard Brexit on the island of Ireland. We need to respect the relationships and the foundations on which our peace has been built and moved forward".

It is interesting that the DUP has had only one Member to speak: the proposer of the amendment and the Member making the winding-up speech being the same person. They are perfectly entitled to do that, although I thought that, under the new leadership of the DUP —