UK-EU Relations

Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard Excerpts

Thursday 13th February 2025 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Twycross (Lab)]

The Government are meeting with four countries—France, Germany, Holland and Belgium—on those exact points.

[Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard (UUP)]

My Lords, at present, Northern Ireland is sitting apart from the rest of the UK in relation to Europe. Will any future relationships and management processes that the UK might have with the European Union include Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom, so we will all be back into one position again?

[Baroness Twycross (Lab)]

I refer the noble Lord to the independent review of the Windsor Framework, led by my noble friend Lord Murphy, which will report within six months. As somebody with family in Northern Ireland, I am very clear that it is absolutely part of the UK.