The government’s controversial Northern Ireland Protocol bill has cleared the House of Commons
The government's controversial Northern Ireland Protocol bill has cleared the House of Commons.Amendments from SDLP, Alliance and Labour MPs to
Party leader and Foyle MP Colum Eastwood said that given the progress of the Northern Ireland Protocol bill, "Jeffrey Donaldson's paper thin excuses for collapsing the assembly have evaporated".Its leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, said the protocol bill needed to make "clear progress" in Parliament before he would contemplate a return to Stormont.for the bill earlier this month. At the centre of the proposal is the concept of green lanes and red lanes for trade.
London also wants any trade disputes resolved by "independent arbitration" and not by the European Court of Justice, and for Northern Ireland to benefit from the same tax breaks as elsewhere in the UK.
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