Democratic Unionist Party
DUP MP Carla Lockhart says the Protocol was a mistake pressed ahead despite unionist opposition, and calls for it to be replaced with arrangements unionists can support, after an exchange with Sir John Major at the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
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UUP Leader Doug Beattie MLA urges the UK Government and EU not to agree a Northern Ireland Protocol deal merely to conclude talks, and calls for long-lasting solutions that restore and protect Northern Ireland's place within the UK Internal Market. He says he will oppose any deal that makes…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: EU-UK joint statement on Northern Ireland Protocol talks Original release: Protocol deal must restore Northern Ireland’s place within UK Internal Market – Beattie (opens in a new tab)
TUV leader Jim Allister says steel producers in Great Britain now face a 25% tariff on construction products sold to Northern Ireland after the EU global import quota was exhausted, and calls for Article 16 to be used immediately.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: EU steel tariff imposition affecting UK steel movements into Northern Ireland Original release: Protocol puts punitive tax on NI economy (opens in a new tab)
UUP leader Doug Beattie MLA says he has met Labour, Lib Dem, Conservative and EU figures in Westminster to press for Protocol change, and calls for an end to checks on goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland that stay here.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Beattie lobbies for Protocol change in Westminster (opens in a new tab)
Sinn Féin's National Chairperson Declan Kearney says he told a Westminster Lords committee on the Protocol that his party opposes the NI Protocol Bill, calling it a breach of international law and an affront to democracy, and urges the Protocol be built upon rather than replaced.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Lords Protocol committee evidence on NI Protocol Bill Original release: Kearney tells British Lords that Protocol must be built upon (opens in a new tab)
UUP leader Lord Empey says the EU is as responsible as the UK for the Protocol impasse and calls for immediate UK-EU talks with Northern Ireland's representatives at the table, at Stormont. He rejects claims that only the UK has refused talks and urges a new approach, including Treaty change.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: EU reaction to Northern Ireland Protocol talks in June 2022 Original release: The EU is as responsible as the UK for position we are in over Protocol – Empey (opens in a new tab)
TUV leader Jim Allister, with MLA Timothy Gaston and Dan Boucher, says the party told Lord Murphy, who is reviewing the Protocol, it has little confidence in his review because its terms only allow recommendations with cross-community support. Allister calls for mutual enforcement between Northern…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Lord Murphy's review of the Windsor Framework Protocol Original release: TUV meet Lord Murphy to discuss Protocol review (opens in a new tab)