![]() “The Northern Ireland Protocol negotiated and signed by the government in December 2019 adopted the European Union’s preferred proposal of a border down the Irish Sea," Ms May told the House of Commons. “As such, we will no longer proceed with the bill and the European Union will no longer proceed with their legal actions against the UK.”Ĭonservative former prime minister Theresa May urged all MPs to back Mr Sunak’s deal. “In other words, neither do we need the bill nor do we have a credible basis to pursue it. On the updated legal position for the bill, Mr Sunak said: “It says because we have achieved a new negotiated agreement which preserves the balance of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, the original and sound justification legally for the bill has now fallen away. The Prime Minister said the new agreement can start delivering “benefits almost immediately” for Northern Ireland. “Now that we’ve persuaded the EU to fundamentally rewrite the treaty texts of the protocol, we have a new and better option,” he told MPs in the Commons. ![]() Mr Sunak confirmed the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill would be dropped following the new agreement, explaining that the legal justification for it had lapsed. Goods are checked at ferry ports in Northern Ireland to prevent a hard Irish land border. The so-called Windsor Framework “respects and protects our respective markets and our respective legitimate interests”, she said. ![]() It came on the day the New IRA claimed responsibility for the shooting of an off-duty police officer. Ms von der Leyen said the deal “protects the very hard-earned peace gains” of the 1998 deal. “Today’s agreement delivers smooth flowing trade within the whole United Kingdom, protects Northern Ireland’s place in our union and safeguards sovereignty for the people of Northern Ireland,” Mr Sunak said. Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, hold a joint news conference on a post-Brexit deal, in Windsor. ![]()
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