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Commons Chamber
Trade Diversion and Windsor Framework - Tue 04 Mar 2025
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) Article 16 of the protocol, we were told, was our safety net:“If the application of this Protocol leads - Speech Link
2: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) It is demonstrable that if we can organise trade through Northern Ireland to GB without border checks - Speech Link
3: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) That was what article 6 said—that there should be unfettered trade. - Speech Link
4: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) We could have said, “We want to trade with each other, and we want to be neighbourly, so we will guarantee - Speech Link
5: Hilary Benn (Lab - Leeds South) , “Well, the trade and co-operation agreement is all we wantwe don’t want anything else.” - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 06 Dec 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) In consequence, we have had trade diversion—of course we have. We have veterinary medicines. - Speech Link
2: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) Article 2 shows us that it is not just about trade. - Speech Link
3: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) If we want a trade deal with the United States, we have to show that it will be a bona fide trade deal - Speech Link
4: Peter Dowd (Lab - Bootle) We live in a world where we do not get everything we want. - Speech Link
5: Peter Dowd (Lab - Bootle) However, although we can claim whatever we want, it does not wash with other countries with which we - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 - Tue 19 Sep 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: None As we move forward with the Windsor Framework, let us not forget its profound implications for trade - Speech Link
2: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (LAB - Life peer) We simply want to get on with proceedings.Today in our protocol committee we were giving consideration - Speech Link
3: Lord Hay of Ballyore (DUP - Life peer) to protect NI consumers in cases where retail agri-food goods, moving from GB to NI under the Northern - Speech Link
4: Lord Browne of Belmont (DUP - Life peer) For products currently moving from GB to NI”. - Speech Link
5: None it very difficult for them not to trigger Article 16. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 - Wed 29 Mar 2023
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: None It is what I want to do, but we need to get this right. - Speech Link
2: Lord Robathan (CON - Life peer) We do not want to put up a border. - Speech Link
3: None We know that it has not, but they do not want to admit it. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bew (CB - Life peer) If there were diversion of trade, Article 16—the much-loved Article 16—is designed to deal exactly with - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Northern Ireland Budget Bill
2nd reading - Mon 23 Jan 2023
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Simon Hoare (CON - North Dorset) I think there would also be a growing sense of, “We are the public and we need and want public service - Speech Link
2: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) should move immediately to trigger article 16. - Speech Link
3: Stephen Farry (Alliance - North Down) As for the way forward, we want a pragmatic solution. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Wed 02 Nov 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (LAB - Life peer) We want to know where we are going with all this so that we can assess whether it will be the right approach - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) We want to pursue a negotiated settlement because we believe it is in the interests of all parties and - Speech Link
3: None We believe it provides clarity in domestic law that Article 10 is disapplied. - Speech Link
4: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (CB - Life peer) We are heading for a trade war if we do this. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LDEM - Life peer) We all agree that we want minimal friction; we want as free access as we can get. - Speech Link
2: Lord Frost (CON - Life peer) We did not invoke Article 16 in the end and many people were disappointed about that. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Wheatcroft (CB - Life peer) What we should do now, as others have said, is invoke Article 16. - Speech Link
4: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (CB - Life peer) I am not saying that we should be using Article 16. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
2nd reading - Tue 11 Oct 2022
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (LAB - Life peer) We do not wish to see Article 16 triggered, but if the Government are so keen to implement safeguards - Speech Link
2: Lord Moylan (CON - Life peer) should be using Article 16. - Speech Link
3: Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (CON - Life peer) What about Article 16? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
2nd reading - Mon 27 Jun 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Elizabeth Truss (CON - South West Norfolk) Of course we have looked at triggering article 16 to deal with this issue; however, we came to the conclusion - Speech Link
2: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn), that we should trigger article 16. - Speech Link
3: Simon Hoare (CON - North Dorset) There is the option to trigger article 16 if the Government think that that is necessary. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland - Thu 03 Mar 2022
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Jay of Ewelme (CB - Life peer) that may justify the invocation of Article 16. - Speech Link
2: Lord Thomas of Gresford (LDEM - Life peer) Article 16 is not intended to allow either party to suspend provisions of the protocol permanently or - Speech Link
3: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (DUP - Life peer) We can go into the trade and economic issues, which are all extremely pertinent. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Suttie (LDEM - Life peer) Continuing to threaten to trigger Article 16 in the current context does not strike me as particularly - Speech Link