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TUV Bannside Councillor Timothy Gaston says the Specialised Committee's announcement shows the Protocol is unreformable and must go, objecting that animal and plant health and medicines decisions are made in consultation with EU officials rather than in Northern Ireland.
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The DUP publishes a paper setting out the experiences of businesses affected by the Northern Ireland Protocol and calls for the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill to progress rapidly through Commons stages. It argues the Protocol has harmed the economy, stability and constitutional position, and says…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Northern Ireland Protocol Bill progress through Commons Original release: Time to Remove the NI Protocol (opens in a new tab)
DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP urges the Government to consider the Supreme Court judgement and its own arguments in the case, and to replace the Protocol with arrangements unionists can support.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Supreme Court ruling on Northern Ireland Protocol lawfulness Original release: Protocol must be replaced with arrangements unionists can support (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)
DUP East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson says the Northern Ireland Protocol, not any Assembly election, is the blockage to restoring devolution and calls on London and Brussels to accept this. He claims the Protocol raises costs for steel used in construction and for groceries.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: NI Protocol is the blockage to devolution – Robinson (opens in a new tab)
DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP urges the European Union to recognise the damage the NI Protocol is causing and change course, saying it should seek a replacement unionists can support. He says Assembly participation will only return once the Protocol is dealt with.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: NI (Executive Formation etc) Bill Commons debate Original release: Sir Jeffrey – time for Brussels to change course (opens in a new tab)
DUP South Antrim MLA Pam Cameron says the Protocol threatens future medicine supply to Northern Ireland, citing Teva UK evidence on product licensing burdens and NHS Confederation and PAGB concerns about EU legislation expiry and food supplement certification.
Constitutional affairs Health Issue: Teva UK evidence on Protocol medicine licensing challenges Original release: Protocol’s threat to medicine supply still looms large: Cameron (opens in a new tab)