Protocol Bill delay and Trader Support Service costs

1 release from 1 party, 11 December 2022.

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1. Protocol Bill has been tediously slow - Sir Jeffrey

   • DUP
   • 11 December 2022
   • Criticism
   • Criticises the uk government or a uk minister
   • Contains a proposal

   DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson writes to the Northern Ireland Secretary calling for the Government to replace the Protocol with arrangements unionists can support, citing £318.7 million spent on the Trader Support Service and questioning the delay to £600 energy payments.

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