Challenging the Harm Posed by the Windsor Framework

Division held on 17 November 2025. The Motion Was Negatived

Decision type

Simple Majority

Method

Lobby Division

Result

The Motion Was Negatived

Debate

Windsor Framework: Ongoing Harm

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The motion voted on

Motion (Private Members' Motion): Challenging the Harm Posed by the Windsor Framework

That this Assembly notes the findings of the Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee’s inquiry on Strengthening Northern Ireland’s Voice in the Context of the Windsor Framework; agrees that the UK Government must work urgently to address the democratic deficit created by the Windsor Framework, as well as the overwhelming complexity of the present arrangements; is alarmed that 3,500 products supplied by Marks and Spencer require daily checks when moving to Northern Ireland, as well as 300 pages of paperwork per lorry; stresses that such barriers are leading to added cost and delay for businesses, reducing consumer choice and causing the diversion of trade outside the UK internal market; believes mere tinkering at the edges of a fundamentally harmful system will not suffice; condemns the failure of successive governments to implement pre-existing agreements and honour commitments to restoring Northern Ireland’s place in the United Kingdom; and calls on the UK Government to bring forward solutions which challenge the flawed foundational assumption at the heart of the Windsor Framework that the direct application of EU law in Northern Ireland is necessary.

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Tabled by: Mr Phillip Brett, Mr David Brooks, Mr Jonathan Buckley

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