I am pleased that the government have at last found a solution to the obstacle that is the Northern Ireland Protocol, a part of the Brexit agreement which discriminated against one part of our United Kingdom.
The Foreign Secretary, The Rt. Hon. Liz Truss M.P. has laid out plans to override parts of the Protocol with the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill to resolve the ongoing issues of trade barriers between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The Bill has been made necessary by the European Union’s intransigence in respect of the negotiating mandate and, given the failure of the negotiations between the European Union and Her Majesty’s Government.
The European Union’s unjustifiable failure to recognise that the United Kingdom has left the European Union in pursuance of a referendum, authorised by a sovereign Act of Parliament and endorsed by the General Election in December 2019.
This Bill will ensure that the United Kingdom can move forward together as one without certain regions being subject to E.U. law and also upholds the Belfast Good Friday Agreement of east to west relations, which is one of the key reasons for overriding the Protocol.
