The Northern Ireland Protocol Bill will provide the basis to amend the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, included in the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement, in UK domestic law. The House of Lords is also expected to contest parts of the Bill, setting up a lengthy showdown between the two Houses. But Foreign Secretary Liz Truss insisted the Bill has a strong legal justification and the UK remains committed to seeking a negotiated solution. Northern Ireland Protocol - House of Commons Library She defended legal advice underpinning the Bill, telling MPs: "The doctrine of necessity has been used by other governments in the past where there is a severe issue and the other party is unwilling to renegotiate that treaty. She quickly found that there was no appetite for her food, as meat had become such a fundamental part of most peoples diets. Checks would instead take place on goods entering Northern Ireland from England, Scotland or Wales. To cheers from the Conservative side, Truss said she was backing Brexit because she was a patriot. It aims to fix parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol, restore stability and protect the Belfast (Good Friday . Notable among those who declined to support the government was former Prime Minister Theresa May, who denounced the proposal as a breach of international law, adding that it would "diminish the standing of the United Kingdom in the eyes of the world". PARLIAMENT will consider Boris Johnson's proposed solution to the Northern Ireland Protocol today as MPs meet to debate the Government's decision to pursue unilateral action against the EU.. US media | Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire owner of Fox News, acknowledged under oath that several Fox News hosts endorsed Donald Trumps lie that the 2020 election was stolen, court documents reveal. PM hails new chapter in relations with EU after Northern Ireland deal says the Guardians front page this morning. ", And Simon Hoare, chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, said it was a failure of statecraft and it puts at risk the reputation of the United Kingdom. Read more: A simple guide to the Brexit border problem, Second reading of protocol bill set for next week, EU takes new legal action over Brexit deal changes, A simple guide to the Northern Ireland Brexit deal, UK reveals plans to ditch parts of EU Brexit deal, Biden says debt deal averted 'economic collapse', Mystery of a deadly boat accident on an Italian lake. New announcement added on the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill's second reading in Parliament. While Johnson did not comment publicly yesterday, Aubrey Allegretti reports that he is still dangling the threat of a rebellion over Rishi Sunak. Truss told the house that the bill would not disrupt the common travel area, which was working. He argued "unnecessary" barriers to trade could be removed without endangering the EU single market. "This is a country that is turning into a rogue state," he said. The precedent it sets is dangerous, and the timing could hardly be worse. Foreign minister Annalena Baerbock added: "London is unilaterally breaking agreements. passed its first hurdle last night - despite outrage from some Tory MPs. A number of backbenchers are expected to vote against the Bill. In addition, EU has also launched fresh legal action against the UK in retaliation over the Governments move. The chief whip will be pleased, but that discipline will also reflect discipline within the rebel camp. The Northern Ireland Protocol Bill was introduced in Parliament on 13 June 2022. The British government has won its House of Commons vote for the second reading of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill by 295 to 221 votes. "What we are trying to do is fix something that is very important to our country, which is the balance of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement," Mr Johnson said. VideoFive ways to stay as healthy as the Dutch, Why the city that never sleeps is slowly sinking. Listen to our latestpodcaststo find out What You Need To Know. It comes after the DUP said that, if the bill does become law, it will provide the basis for restoring the Executive. DUP Stormont minister Edwin Poots has said cutting MLA pay will have "no bearing whatsoever" on his party's deliberations on returning to Stormont power-sharing. For a full breakdown of the key provisions, see this explainer from Lisa OCarroll. The arguments supporting it are flimsy at best, and irrational at worst.. However, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said the government was prepared to rip up international law and threaten the stability of the Good Friday Agreement. A significant rebellion would be disastrous for the Prime Minister, having only narrowly survived last weeks confidence vote, and would showthe Tory party is still unable to fully unite behind its leader. Former Prime Minister Theresa May made clear she would not support the legislation as she warned it would "diminish" the UK's global standing ,and delivered a withering assessment of its legality and impact. It has been characterised in the UK and abroad as a breach of international law. Search how your MP voted below - or scroll down for the full list of 72 Tories who had no vote recorded. It aims to fix parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol, restore stability and protect the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement. However, according to several London sources, a large rebellion is unlikely. On 27 February 2023, the UK government announced its intent to halt Parliamentary progress on the Bill and allow it to lapse at the end of the current session. Mr efovi has also indicated that further measures may follow if the bill proceeds, including a trade war between the UK and EU. The division list showed no Conservative MPs voted against the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill at second reading with 283 Tory MPs supporting it - along with eight DUP MPs. What Boris Johnson will do. One trivial index of this was Ursula von der Leyen referring to Sunak as dear Rishi, not a phrase you would have heard much in Brussels about his recent predecessors. The Bill will continue to apply protocol rules where needed such as in the single electricity market and Common Travel Area. Sarah Butler has a fascinating read on how a 7bn private equity takeover has led to asset-stripping, sinking profits, and serious questions over where it goes from here. His new system will create a red channel with full EU checks and a green channel with only minimal checks. MPs will have a vote on the framework, eventually. House of Commons votes Division 19 Northern Ireland Protocol Bill: Second Reading Division 19: held on 27 June 2022 at 21:58 295 Ayes 221 Noes Question accordingly agreed Votes by party Alba Alliance Con DUP Green 1/2 Ayes (294) Noes (222) 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 Download results "But can I say to her that many of us are extremely concerned that the Bill brazenly breaks a solemn international treaty, it trashes our international reputation, it threatens a trade war at a time when our economy is flat and it puts us at odds with our most important ally. We want to see the return of the Executive in Northern Ireland, the people of Northern Ireland deserve to have an elected government at home with people around them locally elected, but this issue of the Protocol needs to be resolved and today weve seen the first big step in doing so. Johnson risks being remembered as 'pound shop Nigel Farage' over Brexit ", Mr Coveney urged the British government "to return to constructive dialogue with the EU in pursuit of jointly agreed, long-lasting solutions. ", He said that "this is not the way to find sustainable solutions to the genuine concerns of people and business in Northern Ireland and only adds to uncertainty. The Protocol sets out Northern Ireland's post-Brexit relationship with both the EU and Great Britain. If a government breaks laws it breaks trust with its own citizens and with international partners. But, writes Pippa Crerar in her analysis, sealing the protocol deal was the easy part where previous Brexit deals have got into trouble was when they reached the Tory party. Here are the headlines. Video, Five ways to stay as healthy as the Dutch, launched legal action against the UK government. The Northern Ireland Protocol Bill won a second reading in the Commons by 295 votes to 221, and will now get detailed scrutiny in Parliament. Theresa May said it was not legal under international law and did not maintain the standing of the UK in the eyes of the world. It is now expected to be fast-tracked through parliament with a condensed committee stage of just three days, instead of the usual two or three weeks. There were 17 such Henry VIII powers giving unspecified powers to ministers, Hoare said. 0:37 Johnson 'risks being a pound shop Farage' Why you can trust Sky News Boris Johnson risks being remembered as a "pound shop Nigel Farage" if he votes against Rishi Sunak's new deal for Northern Ireland, a senior Brexiteer has warned. Sunak had a good day. He also criticised a feature of the bill that would give ministers alone the right to devise new laws replacing those underpinning the Northern Ireland protocol. The party had said its aim was to emerge as the largest in local government in Northern Ireland and it now seems just a question of at what time today that will be confirmed. The EU opposes the move, saying it breaches international law. Read Bethan McKernans dispatch from Huwara, West Bank. He said it would be even better if we could get some of that flexibility we need in our conversations with Maros Sefcovic, the European Commission vice-president. Fertility law | Children born via sperm or egg donation would not need to wait until adulthood to find out more about their biological parents, under proposed updates to the law in the UK. Tennis | The Lawn Tennis Association believes it faces an existential threat if the ban on Russian and Belarusian players continues and it is stripped of its prestigious pre-Wimbledon events such as Queens Club and Edgbaston by the sports governing bodies. This bill is damaging and counterproductive. I think weve been very clear before the Assembly election and since that we need to resolve the issues around the Protocol this Bill is a step towards doing that, DUP MP Gavin Robinson told UTV News. The protocol led to the collapse of power sharing in Northern Irelands assembly and empty supermarket shelves. Legislation to effectively tear up parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol has cleared its first Commons hurdle but what happens next? No Conservative MPs voted against the bill, but voting lists showed that dozens of Tories abstained. Mon 27 Jun 2022 06.46 EDT Last modified on Tue 28 Jun 2022 00.13 EDT Proposed legislation to allow the UK to unilaterally rip up Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland at the risk of a trade. But there are 12 other unionists in the assembly so, while not every detail of this mechanism is clear yet, it appears to amount to a unionist veto. "We have made clear that getting decisive action on the protocol, addressing the harm that the protocol is doing to Northern Ireland, is very important to rebuild the cross-community consensus that is essential for power-sharing to work. It provides practical solutions to problems caused by the Protocol and protects the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement. [] It is a departure from all the agreements we have made". A document outlining Tory opposition to the Bill, leaked to Politics Home, says opponents believe the legislation is damaging to everything the UK and Conservatives stand for. Sinn Fin won the most seats in May's assembly election but the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which came second, is refusing to re-enter a power-sharing executive until its concerns about the protocol are addressed. Where once there was protocol, now there is protocol amended by framework. Nimo, Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you through the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning. But this made a border down the Irish Sea for goods travelling from Britain to Belfast - despite both being inside the UK. So lets call a spade a spade: this is illegal., On Sunday, the EUs ambassador to the UK warned the legilsation was illegal and unrealistic. [19], Vaughan Gething, Welsh minister for the economy, raised similar points in his statement on behalf of the Welsh Government. She repeated that her preferred option to solve the dispute over Brexit trading arrangements was negotiation, but that she had no choice but to press ahead with legislation as the EU refused to reopen the text of the protocol. She told MPs that "when the protocol was negotiated it was very clear that it wasn't set in stone". Ahead of the vote, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the protocol was undermining peace in Northern Ireland. Legislation to change the Northern Ireland Protocol will return to Parliament on Monday for a second reading. One of those chefs is Nicola Kagoro, who returned to Zimbabwe after a five-year stint as executive chef at one of Cape Towns premier vegan restaurants. We have a separate front pages rundown on the Northern Ireland deal today including some island of Ireland editions. Taoiseach Michel Martin rejected Mr Johnson's assertion that he does not see a major diplomatic row erupting over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Labour will vote against the Bill and has already committed to repealing the legislation if it were to form a Goverment. The headlines this morning are largely supportive, as you can see in the front pages section below and in notably warm editorials from the Sun, the Daily Telegraph, and the Daily Mail. You have got one tradition, one community, that feels that things really arent working in a way that they like or understand, youve got unnecessary barriers to trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. As expected, there will be a green lane that almost totally eliminates checks for goods headed from the rest of the UK to Northern Ireland, and a red lane with more stringent checks for goods that could end up in the EU. Opening the debate, Truss said there was strong legal justification for it and that the UK remains committed to seeking a negotiated solution. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said of the Bill: "It is a very regrettable decision that the British government has taken. [] 'The rule of law is undermined if the UK government takes the view that laws international or domestic can be broken. It moves to the next stage - the committee stage - we don't know when that will be, but what we do know is that the Government does seem to be intent to push this legislation through the House of Commons before summer recess, UTV News political editor Tracey Magee has explained. In an excoriating attack May said the bill was unjustified and her colleagues who supported Johnsons deal should have listened to the DUP (Democratic Unionist party) during the debates on it because they made their position on the protocol very clear at that point and it was not positive. A key member of that team, Mary Earps, was also named best womens goalkeeper at Monday nights ceremony. "I have been in touch with the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Council, and they are concerned about this. After a debate on Monday, MPs will then vote on whether the bill can proceed for further consideration. MPs will vote on Monday on new legislation to give ministers the power to scrap parts of the post-Brexit deal between the UK and the EU. NI Protocol: MPs to vote on plans to ditch parts of Brexit deal UK news | A missing couple that disappeared with their newborn baby in January are in police custody after being arrested in Brighton. One man was reported killed in what appeared to be the worst incident of settler violence in the area in decades. The EU has said it is unwilling to renegotiate the protocol but has offered to work on different aspects of how it is implemented. Theresa May attacks 'illegal' Brexit Bill as it passes second reading [29], The bill was presented to the House on 22 July 2022 and received its first reading without division as is customary, albeit with some peers ignoring convention and loudly indicating their disapproval. She told MPs: "We simply cannot allow this situation to drift. All rights reserved. Studious First Edition readers may remember that the nuclear option bill which is on pause in the House of Lords was designed to give the British government the ability to make unilateral changes to the protocol, probably in defiance of international law. The bill was given its second reading in the House and approved to proceed to the Committee stage by 295 votes to 221. Sinn Fin MP John Finucane said Stormont Assembly members being paid for work they cannot do is "untenable". The Bill was published by the Government of the United Kingdom on 13 June 2022, and introduced into the House of Commons the same day by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. "A negotiated solution has been and remains our preference, but the EU continues to rule out changing the protocol itself - even though it is patently causing serious problems in Northern Ireland - which therefore means we are obliged to act.". At root, she thinks the deals a banger. 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[15] However Sammy Wilson MP, a leading member of the party, said that the DUP would not participate in Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive unless and until the Bill is enacted and brought into force. RT.ie is the website of Raidi Teilifs ireann, Ireland's National Public Service Media. Rory Carroll writes that Donaldson may try to sell the deal as a victory but that the risk is that rebels in his party, and unionist rivals outside it, will destabilise his leadership. The protocol is part of the 2019 Brexit deal and keeps Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods, preventing a hard border with the Republic of Ireland. Regardless, it's thought the government wants to push the bill through its remaining Commons stages before summer recess - a move that will spark strong reaction in Belfast and Brussels. The European Court has already become one of "the most controversial elements of the protocol," Liz Truss told the Commons. "MLAs that I listen to want to get in and do the job that they have been elected to do. Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said if the bill goes through intact his party would look to respond in terms of restoring the power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland. All that is just a puff box in the Sun PMs historic N Ireland deal while the splash is Broadchurch star dumps Downton star for Better co-star. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Well send you a link to a feedback form. Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First Edition, have gone on a violent rampage in the northern West Bank, are in police custody after being arrested in Brighton, several Fox News hosts endorsed Donald Trumps lie that the 2020 election was stolen, would not need to wait until adulthood to find out more about their biological parents, Studious First Edition readers may remember, some hilarity in the House of Commons last night, England lost to New Zealand (above) by just one run, named best womens coach at the Best Fifa awards in Paris, believes it faces an existential threat. Joao Vale de Almeida told Sky News: I am afraid that the Governments track is very probably, unfortunately, a road to nowhere and we would like to avoid that.. ", Asked if cutting pay would make any difference, he said: "I don't think that announcement yesterday changes a single thing because it doesn't really say very much. He added: "We certainly need to hear more pragmatism and more realism from the EU, but in the absence of that I think the Bill is the way forward.". King Charles III receives European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at Windsor Castle. The checks have prompted criticism that a new border has effectively been created in the Irish Sea. Cricket | England lost to New Zealand (above) by just one run in one of the most dramatic test match finales of all time. The group claimed legal analysis by its star chamber of experts concluded that the Bill properly reinforces the Good Friday Agreement and reaffirms the soverignty of Northern Ireland and the UK. But what are the next steps towards the Bill becoming law? He added: we read it very carefully and we think, to be very frank, that it is both illegal and unrealistic. In the end, to the outrage of the DUP and Tory Brexiters who criticised Sunak for dragging the monarch into a highly political moment he met with Ursula von der Leyen (above) at Windsor Castle. 2023 BBC. Do Russians really hate the West? "That is the position that we are in with the Northern Ireland Protocol.". Im talking, of course, about the announcement yesterday that the UK and the EU have agreed a deal to end the interminable dispute over post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he believed legislation on the deal could be passed by the end of the year. On 27 June 2022, the minister presented the bill for its second reading. Speaking to the BBC, the prime minister said its plan could be carried out "fairly rapidly". He was responding to a warning from Britiain's Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis that he will move "soon" to reduce the wages of Assembly members if the legislature remains in cold storage. How will NI protocol plans affect businesses? The Daily Mirror has Ripper secret revealed Evils End thats the story that the Yorkshire Rippers ashes were scattered at a seaside beauty spot, according to a niece. Benn said the EU also needed to move to resolve the situation, but said it was very frustrating to hear the Irish foreign minister, Simon Coveney, say repeatedly on radio that the EU had made similar proposals to those made by the Tories in the bill. New Zealand celebrates taking the final wicket of England's James Anderson to win the second test and draw the series. Theresa May warned moves to scrap unilaterally parts of Northern Ireland's Brexit deal are "not legal" and will "diminish" the UK's global standing. [14], Statement by Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of the DUP, The Democratic Unionist Party (25 MLAs) welcomed the Bill. The British government has won its House of Commons vote for the second reading of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill by 295 to 221 votes. The news was finally announced by Rishi Sunak and EU president Ursula von der Leyen in a highly choreographed, and conspicuously cheery, appearance at Windsor Guildhall previously better known as the wedding venue for Charles and Camilla, and Elton John and David Furnish. Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said the protocol bill was "no fix" and would damage the Good Friday peace deal, rather than protect it. Mrs May questioned the argument that a legal principle of necessity allows for the UK Government's plans, insisting there is "nothing urgent" about the legislation. "This is in line with normal international dispute resolution provisions, including in the Trading Co-operation Agreement. It is proposing to condense the committee stage of the legislation across just three days - a process which can sometimes take weeks. [28] Among other responses, members for Northern Ireland constituencies spoke in the debate. "So, it is firmly the view of this government that we need to act and we are pursuing this legislation as all other options have been exhausted.". If the rebellion is small, sheer weariness may be a factor.
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