Member

When I asked the Minister about this issue on Second Reading I did not receive an answer, so I will ask the question again. The explanatory document accompanying the Bill is totally silent on the impact of article 2 of the Windsor framework on its provisions. Is there a risk, and is it in fact the expectation, that it will not be possible for the provisions relating to the deportation of foreign criminals to apply in Northern Ireland? Is that conceded, is that the expectation, or is there an answer that can explain why that will not be the position?