Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Supreme Court Judgment Debate
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Lord Hay of Ballyore
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Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Supreme Court Judgment
Lord Hay of Ballyore Excerpts(1 year, 3 months ago)
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Lord Caine (Con)
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 (DUP)
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 (Con)
I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hay, for his question, which I think I have covered in my previous answers.