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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
That immediately poses two issues. In the first instance, by not taking care to clarify that Northern Ireland is not a third country, the implication plainly is that Northern Ireland is a third country; indeed, to the extent that the international SPS border has been constructed to divide Northern Ireland from GB, that is the only way to understand these regulations.
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