If vote gets simple majority, arrangements extended for four years but in unlikely event of cross-community support it is extended for eight years
A Stormont vote on continuing post- Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland has been pencilled in for December 10, the Assembly’s speaker has said.
A dispute over the so-called Irish Sea border led to the collapse of the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2022 – an impasse that lasted two years. The process to trigger the vote began at the end of October when Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn sent a letter to the Speaker Edwin Poots asking First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly to table a motion by the end of November.
With the motion submitted, the Northern Ireland Office must provide explanatory material to all MLAs outlining information about the workings of the arrangements and the Government’s stated position on their continuation.
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