Member

However, the fundamental problem will continue: we will continue to have regulations and delegated legislation such as this, which does violence to the integrity of the United Kingdom and drives a coach and horses through the democracy that we are supposed to uphold in this House and in the Northern Ireland Assembly. We will continue to suffer until such time as the Windsor Framework/protocol is got rid of and Northern Ireland is restored to its full place as part of the United Kingdom. That can come about through solutions that have been proffered, such as mutual enforcement and other arrangements that were sneered at and laughed at but are now actually being implemented when it comes to importing goods from the Republic of Ireland through Northern Ireland into Great Britain. That is perfectly acceptable, but apparently unacceptable for any north-south arrangements.