I thank the noble Lord for giving way and I agree with that part of the 1998 Act. I am sorry for going on about a very simple thing, but it is the kind of basic thing that makes people in Northern Ireland feel very left out: duty-free. Why can people flying from Belfast to anywhere in the EU not get duty-free, when you can fly from the rest of the United Kingdom to anywhere in the EU and get it? I got an answer recently which almost implied that part of the reason was because you could fly from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland. Of course, as the noble Lord knows, you cannot fly from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland, but that is just a simple thing that sets us apart.
Northern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Hoey
(Non-affiliated)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 18 May 2023.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Northern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) Bill.
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