The right hon. Member has stated that the Union is at risk because of the protocol. I know that he is no big supporter of the Good Friday agreement, but does he not accept that very clearly written into that agreement is the principle of consent? That basically means that, no matter how much I want it, we cannot change the constitutional position of Northern Ireland until the people of Northern Ireland and the people of the Republic of Ireland vote for it.
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Colum Eastwood
(Social Democratic & Labour Party)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 13 July 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Northern Ireland Protocol Bill.
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