Northern Ireland Protocol: First Treasury Counsel
Debate between Viscount Waverley and Lord Stewart of Dirleton
Thursday 9th June 2022
Read Full debate Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
(1 year, 10 months ago)
Lords ChamberRead Full debate Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con)
My Lords, pacts are indeed there to be kept: pacta sunt servanda. The Government are not departing from a legal principle; they are acting in good faith to preserve the protocol for the benefit of all communities within Northern Ireland.
Viscount Waverley (CB)
My Lords, is the Minister aware that senior representatives of Sinn Féin were recently in this building, setting out their vision? At the very least, they put a case that I felt the Government should respond to—will the Minister care to do so now?
Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con)
Not being privy to what was said, I regret that I cannot.