Member

My worry about the reset is that, while it is being talked up by some, it is restricted in the areas that are covered. It does not change the Windsor Framework/protocol. As a result, the reset could be changed again, leaving Northern Ireland back in the position that it currently finds itself in. Fundamentally, it does not deal with the major point of contention here—the constitutional and democratic one, as referred to by the noble Lord, Lord Frost, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. The fact is that in 300 areas of law—not 300 laws but 300 areas—covering vast swathes of our economy, the laws for Northern Ireland are set by a foreign political body in its interests and not in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland. We are left to accept it. They are imposed upon us on a dynamic alignment basis.