Lord Hamilton of Epsom
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(3 years ago)
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Lord Caine (Con)
The noble Lord might be aware that, more than two years ago, when the protocol was being negotiated, I asked questions from the Back Benches. Those are a matter of record. Rather than dwelling on how we got into this situation, I would rather focus on how we get out of it. As I said in my earlier answer, the Government are working intensively with Vice-President Šefčovič to try to find a way forward. The noble Lord will know that there is a meeting of the EU-UK joint committee pencilled in for later this month.
Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Con)
My Lords, is it not right that, under the protocol, the tariffs on imports into Northern Ireland are a devolved matter?