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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 June 2025
Debate
Official Controls (Plant Health) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2025Contribution
not between the United Kingdom and third countries but between Great Britain and third countries. Northern Ireland is excluded because we are subjected by the protocol to the level of protection that the EU sets, not the level of protection which the UK Government deem necessary for the citizens of England, Scotland and Wales. We are left under the jurisdiction of the EU for those kinds of decisions, without any input from anyone who is elected from Northern Ireland, here or in the Northern Ireland Assembly, of any party.
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