HOLYROOD will be urged to withhold consent from the UK Government’s controversial attempts to override the Northern Ireland Protocol. It keeps Northern Ireland inside the EU's single market for goods and means there are no checks on goods at the Irish border. However, it does this by effectively placing a border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. "And I've been in discussions with all of the parties in Northern Ireland, I'm determined to make it happen. "And as we make progress on the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill we will see power-sharing re-established in Northern Ireland, and as well the Belfast Good Friday Agreement re-established."

Source: The Herald August 24, 2022 01:39 UTC