Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office
Thursday 27th May 2021

(2 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Frost Portrait Lord Frost (Con)
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My Lords, the noble Lord is right to observe that we are not particularly happy with the way that the protocol is being implemented. Our hope is that we can find solutions to this with the European Union. I speak frequently to my EU colleague, Maroš Šefčovič, and our teams are in regular touch. Talks are going on semi-continuously on these questions and we hope to have made progress in dealing with some of the most difficult issues by the time of the joint committee, but obviously it takes two sides to move forward and find pragmatic solutions. Progress is limited at the moment but we keep working at it.

Baroness Suttie Portrait Baroness Suttie (LD) [V]
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What progress, if any, has been made towards achieving an EU-UK veterinary agreement?