Northern Ireland Protocol: EU Negotiations Debate
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Ben Bradshaw
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Northern Ireland Protocol: EU Negotiations
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Michael Ellis
I do not recognise the hon. Gentleman’s characterisation of the rhetoric. This is a negotiation. We want a settled solution. That is our preference and that is what the negotiations with Vice-President Šefčovič are currently doing, but we do have article 16 as a viable safeguard.
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab)
What assessment have the Government made of the damage to the UK economy as a whole and our standing in the world were the Government to trigger article 16 and it result in a trade war with the EU?