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Lords Chamber
EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - Fri 08 Jan 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (DUP - Life peer) Will the Minister tell us why our Government do not activate Article 16 of the protocol, which provides - Speech Link
2: Lord Greaves (LDEM - Life peer) The first general point that I want to make is that we ought to have less trade. - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) What that means is that the EU can unilaterally trigger trade restrictions straight away and then allow - Speech Link
4: Lord True (CON - Life peer) As a result, the overwhelming majority of parcels continue to move smoothly between GB and NI. - Speech Link


Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Constitution Directorate

Nov. 06 2020

Source Page: Briefings analysing the UK Internal Market Bill: FOI release
Document: FoI-202000089283 - Information released (PDF)

Found: Protocol in domestic law in respect of NI-GB trade and state aid  The reservation of subsidy control


Lords Chamber
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill
2nd reading - Mon 19 Oct 2020
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Baroness Suttie (LDEM - Life peer) Government are concerned to ensure that everything possible is done within the protocol to facilitate GB-NI - Speech Link
2: Baroness Ludford (LDEM - Life peer) Examples include: trying to trigger Article 50 without parliamentary approval; illegal Prorogation; and - Speech Link
3: Lord Bowness (CB - Life peer) We want a Canada free trade agreement, but not just the Canada deal—we want Canada-plus, because we believe - Speech Link
4: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (LAB - Life peer) I also want to see unfettered access to the GB market for Northern Ireland businesses. - Speech Link
5: Lord Bilimoria (CB - Life peer) in it shall prevent unfettered access to the GB market for trade in goods.On 16 October, the noble Earl - Speech Link


Select Committee
Dr Graham Gudgin (Honorary Research Associate, Centre for Business Research at University of Cambridge), Raoul Ruparel (Adviser at Deloitte), Anton Spisak (Policy Lead, Trade and Productivity at Tony Blair Institute), and Professor Katy Hayward (Professor, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen's University Belfast)
University of Cambridge, Deloitte, Tony Blair Institute, and Queen's University Belfast

Oral Evidence Sep. 25 2020

Inquiry: Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (Department: Northern Ireland Office)

Found: Research at University of Cambridge), Raoul Ruparel (Adviser at Deloitte), Anton Spisak (Policy Lead, Trade


Commons Chamber
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill - Tue 22 Sep 2020
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) must“have regard to safeguarding unfettered access of NI businesses to the UK Internal Market.”That - Speech Link
2: Alexander Stafford (CON - Rother Valley) We have seen time and again in this House that SNP Members want to tie our hands and not allow free trade - Speech Link
3: Alexander Stafford (CON - Rother Valley) We want to give them stability after we leave the European Union; we want to ensure that businesses flourish - Speech Link
4: Paul Scully (CON - Sutton and Cheam) That means that we are going to fulfil our commitment to legislate for unfettered access, as we promised - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill - Mon 21 Sep 2020
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Nigel Evans (CON - Ribble Valley) access NI-GB provisions in Clause 41.Clause 40 stand part.Amendment 69, in clause 41, page 32, line - Speech Link
2: Hilary Benn (LAB - Leeds Central) I want to press him on the safeguard measures that are provided in article 16 of the protocol and the - Speech Link
3: Gavin Robinson (DUP - Belfast East) Some understand that that promise is one way; some understand that that promise is NI to GB. - Speech Link
4: Gavin Robinson (DUP - Belfast East) can agree.Businesses in Northern Ireland that buy from GB and wish to sell to GB want to know what their - Speech Link


Select Committee
Jim Harra, Interim Chief Executive, HM Revenue and Customs, Penny Ciniewicz, Director General, Customer Compliance, HM Revenue and Customs, Ruth Stanier, Director General, Customer Strategy and Tax Design, HM Revenue and Customs

Oral Evidence Oct. 22 2019

Inquiry: HMRC Annual Report and Accounts inquiry
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)

Found: Jim Harra: You are correct: at the moment, for goods moving from GB to NI, those documentary requirements


Commons Chamber
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
2nd reading: House of Commons - Tue 22 Oct 2019
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) On her specific point, there will be no checks between NI and GB, nor would she expect there to be. - Speech Link
2: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) Gentleman—I know he realises this already—there are no checks GB-NI. - Speech Link
3: Jonathan Djanogly (CON - Huntingdon) Along with most Members, I voted to trigger article 50. - Speech Link
4: Jonathan Reynolds (LAB - Stalybridge and Hyde) There was tremendous pressure to trigger article 50, and I personally voted for us to do that. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Brexit - Sat 19 Oct 2019
Department for Exiting the European Union

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Basildon (LAB - Life peer) backstop … they have in fact transformed it from a fallback into the definitive future arrangement for NI - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) from GB also selling to the EU. - Speech Link
3: Lord Rooker (LAB - Life peer) The Government therefore knowingly want lower standards, in order to obtain free trade agreements.Lower - Speech Link
4: Lord Naseby (CON - Life peer) Port City Colombo gives the opportunity for investment, and we can be the trigger, as we were with the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Brexit Negotiations - Thu 03 Oct 2019
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) This House voted to trigger article 50 and has voted repeatedly to leave, yet it has also voted three - Speech Link
2: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) He asked about unfettered access to the GB market, and they will of course have unfettered access to - Speech Link
3: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) Not only that, but I can confirm that there will be no checks, as it were, from NI to GB. - Speech Link
4: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) Gentleman knows, there already are some checks for epidemiological purposes between GB and NI. - Speech Link