Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Supreme Court Judgment Debate

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Department: Northern Ireland Office

Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Supreme Court Judgment

Lord Hay of Ballyore Excerpts
Thursday 9th February 2023

(1 year, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Caine Portrait Lord Caine (Con)
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I can assure my noble friend that, as a staunch unionist, I would have no issue whatever in commemorating or marking 1 January 1801 every year. I have already answered his question: issues around governance and the democratic deficit have to be resolved in our ongoing and intensive dialogue and negotiations with the EU.

Lord Hay of Ballyore Portrait Lord Hay of Ballyore (DUP)
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My Lords, can the Minister comment on the issue whereby people elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly are then subject to laws in some 300 areas made by a legislature of which they are not a part and to which they have no representation?

Lord Caine Portrait Lord Caine (Con)
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I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hay, for his question, which I think I have covered in my previous answers.