Northern Ireland Protocol Bill Debate

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Edward Leigh

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Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

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2nd reading
Monday 27th June 2022

(2 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Lammy Portrait Mr Lammy
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What can I say to the hon. Gentleman? The Opposition think that there is a better way forward through negotiation, but at least the proposition that he suggests is legal. I will come on to that in a moment.

Edward Leigh Portrait Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con)
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The most important thing in all this is peace, and getting power sharing up and running. Will the right hon. Gentleman acquaint the House with the discussions that he has had with the DUP on the solution to the problem, given that the DUP refuses to rejoin power sharing unless the protocol is dealt with? I am sure that he has discussed this with the DUP.

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In our discussions, the DUP had consistently said that it wanted a negotiated settlement—until it saw today’s Bill.

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