Northern Ireland Protocol: EU Negotiations Debate

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Northern Ireland Protocol: EU Negotiations

Meg Hillier Excerpts
Thursday 18th November 2021

(3 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Ellis Portrait Michael Ellis
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I shall resist the temptation to ask my hon. Friend to join the negotiating team but, as ever, he speaks powerfully for his constituency, which I think is the centre point of this country, geographically, and also a centre for the movement of goods. My hon. Friend speaks with some authority on the matter and I have noted what he said.

Meg Hillier Portrait Dame Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch) (Lab/Co-op)
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This was all so predictable when, just under a year ago, we in this House voted for the agreement. Is it not the case, first, that the people of Northern Ireland want a compromise, and secondly, that in reality the Government just threw Northern Ireland under the bus when they went into negotiations in the name of Brexit?