Northern Ireland: Supply of Medicines Debate
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Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
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Northern Ireland: Supply of Medicines
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Lord Frost (Con)
My Lords, we are well aware of that aspect; we are well aware that the protocol is not working for the people of Northern Ireland. There are societal and economic difficulties, identity is being eroded, and it is compounded by trade diversion. We need to restore the balance if we are to avoid a loss of confidence in the institutions established under the Belfast/Good Friday agreement, and that is what we are working to try to ensure.
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab Co-op)
My Lords, it is astonishing that the Minister confessed in the answer to a previous question that this is just one of many problems arising from the agreement. He is the Minister who negotiated that agreement—every aspect of it. When is he going to confess that he messed it up?