Northern Ireland Protocol

Stella Creasy Excerpts
Tuesday 17th May 2022

(1 year, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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I agree with my hon. Friend. It is urgent that we act and I assure him that the Bill is coming in the following weeks.

Stella Creasy Portrait Stella Creasy (Walthamstow) (Lab/Co-op)
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Businesses and communities dealing with the consequences of Brexit need honesty and certainty, not the chaos and confusion of a potential trade war, so will the Foreign Secretary reassure them? She has repeatedly said today that what she intends to do is in line with international law and has talked about the trade and co-operation agreement. I know that she will not as yet publish the legal advice, but will she tell us which international laws she intends to abide by, what the adjudication mechanism might be, and whether the EU has agreed to it?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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As I have made clear, our proposals are legal in international law and we will set out the legal position in due course.