Written Question
Wednesday 15th March 2023
Asked by:
Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the enhanced economic value to Northern Ireland of "privileged access” to (1) the UK homes market, and (2) the EU single market, as described by the Prime Minister on 28 February, compared to the ordinary access enjoyed elsewhere in the UK.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The Windsor Framework maintains the full, unfettered access for Northern Ireland firms to the whole United Kingdom market. As we make clear in the Command Paper, that trade with Great Britain is by far Northern Ireland's largest market and East-West trade is the principal arterial route of Northern Ireland's economy. That is why the Windsor Framework locks in unfettered access to that market for NI firms on a permanent and ongoing basis, and smoothes the flow of internal UK trade from Great Britain. At the same time, it secures maximum free trade and market access for NI firms by ensuring full access to the EU market as well.
Written Question
Wednesday 15th March 2023
Asked by:
Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether fishing boats that leave harbours in Northern Ireland can land their catches back in those harbours under the Windsor Framework.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Just as is the case now, fishing boats leaving harbours in Northern Ireland can land their catches back in those harbours.
Written Question
Wednesday 15th March 2023
Asked by:
Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government which parts of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland have been superseded by the Windsor Framework; and to what extent in each case.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The Windsor Framework restores the balance needed to uphold the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement in all its dimensions. It puts in place a new legal and constitutional framework, changing the text of the treaty and scrapping more than 1,700 pages of EU rules on internal UK trade.
While we have been upfront that this does not remove EU rules entirely in Northern Ireland, the less than 3 percent of EU rules which remain are the minimum necessary to maintain maximum market access and free trade for NI businesses.
The changes we have made include the Stormont Brake, which enables amended or replaced EU rules to be vetoed where they would have significant and lasting effects on everyday lives. This is in addition to the existing veto the UK has for new EU rules. This ends the automatic presumption of dynamic alignment of EU rules.
The draft legal instruments underpinning the package are set out in full on the Government's website.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-windsor-framework
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