May I put it this way? The Sewel convention applies to this Bill, as it does to all Bills of the UK Parliament which intersect with devolved competence. I respectfully point out that the Northern Ireland Assembly is not sitting at the moment. It is exactly because of the breakdown of the institutions in Northern Ireland that we are where we are right now and this Bill is actually needed. We need to see the restoration of the institutions as soon as possible. I hope that goes some way towards answering the hon. Lady’s question.
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Michael Ellis
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 July 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Northern Ireland Protocol Bill.
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