Northern Ireland

Debate between Lord Hamilton of Epsom and Lord Caine

Monday 7th February 2022 Lords Chamber

[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?