Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (DUP)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 November 2024

Debate

Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024

Contribution

My Lords, further to what my noble friend Lord Browne mentioned, when the United Kingdom left the European Union we were told that we left as one. When the votes were counted and it was said that in Scotland and in Northern Ireland people were against leaving, we were told, “No—we left as one”. This is another example of how that statement is not true. How could we have left as one when the Explanatory Note says: “The Windsor Framework requires that the European Union … legislation listed in its Annex 2 is implemented in Northern Ireland”? Surely this is another example of how the Windsor Framework and the protocol differentiate Northern Ireland from the rest of the United Kingdom. It is another example of regulations that are placed on Northern Ireland, over which Northern Ireland’s elected representatives or even this Parliament have no authority but a foreign jurisdiction, the EU, says it must be done.

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