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

Mentions:
1: 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
2: Lord Browne of Belmont (DUP - Life peer) For products currently moving from GB to NI”. - Speech Link
3: None it very difficult for them not to trigger Article 16. - Speech Link
4: None First, it does not deal with the central difficulty: Article 16 does not afford a basis for derogation - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Lilley (CON - Life peer) could veto them under Article 16, again in a qualified way, if they threatened serious disruption. - Speech Link
2: 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
3: None She also talked about areas of divergence between NI and GB; she will be aware that the United Kingdom - Speech Link
4: None Windsor Framework that removes the sea border, restores the free flow of trade from GB to Northern Ireland - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) should move immediately to trigger article 16. - Speech Link
2: Steve Baker (CON - Wycombe) Ministers do not have unfettered power to tear up treaties, nor should they. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Cormack (CON - Life peer) What we are concerned about is the arbitrary and unfettered power of Ministers.I have great respect for - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (LAB - Life peer) We want to know what MLAs from all communities have to say. - Speech Link
3: Lord Cormack (CON - Life peer) If we are going to have unfettered negotiations, then for goodness’ sake let us pause the Bill and, as - Speech Link
4: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (CB - Life peer) We are heading for a trade war if we do this. - Speech Link
5: None We know that the Europeans are concerned—this is linked to the previous group on subsidy—that if a GB-subsidised - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) about east-west trade between GB and Northern Ireland. - Speech Link
2: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (CB - Life peer) I am not saying that we should be using Article 16. - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) One of the frequently asked questions under that data is:“Does HMRC hold data on NI movements from GB - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) , Logistics UK, Manufacturing NI, the NI Grain Trade Association, the NI Meat Exporters Association, - Speech Link
2: Baroness Crawley (LAB - Life peer) goods from GB to NI, leading to real logistics costs and investment difficulties. - Speech Link
3: Lord Moylan (CON - Life peer) should be using Article 16. - Speech Link
4: 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: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn), that we should trigger article 16. - Speech Link
2: Simon Hoare (CON - North Dorset) There is the option to trigger article 16 if the Government think that that is necessary. - Speech Link
3: Philippa Whitford (SNP - Central Ayrshire) or GB-NI”was disingenuous, to say the least. - Speech Link
4: Craig Mackinlay (CON - South Thanet) How can it be that goods crossing from GB to NI, which is a mere rounding error in the entirety of trade - 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) Indeed, the Command Paper of July last year said that the conditions for triggering Article 16 had already - 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


Westminster Hall
Northern Ireland Protocol: Veterinary Agreement - Wed 15 Dec 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) It is to trigger article 16. Do it sooner rather than later; do it right away. - Speech Link
2: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) Those checks are now a requirement on GB-NI trade. - Speech Link
3: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) a solution.The article 16 safeguards in the protocol are provided to deal with a situation in which - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (EUC Report) - Mon 13 Sep 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB - Life peer) We should not forget that triggering the Article 16 safeguard clause would open up the possibility for - Speech Link
2: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (CON - Life peer) When we think that the European Union triggered Article 16, albeit briefly, on no grounds beyond pique - Speech Link
3: Lord Frost (CON - Life peer) It would be making a significant mistake if it thought we were not ready to use Article 16 safeguards - Speech Link
4: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB - Life peer) The noble Lord mentioned Article 16. Can he answer two questions? - Speech Link
5: Lord Frost (CON - Life peer) second point, if we were to use Article 16, it would obviously be open to the EU to consider countermeasures - Speech Link