Motion or amendment: Moving Beyond the Windsor Framework

Motion or amendment by Mr David Brooks on 2 September 2025.

MLA: Mr David Brooks
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 2 September 2025
Type: Motion or amendment
Business: Motion · Private Members' Motion
Heading: Moving Beyond the Windsor Framework
Assembly identifier: Document 447760

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Moving Beyond the Windsor Framework
That this Assembly opposes the continued operation of the Windsor Framework, including the application of EU law in Northern Ireland and the Irish Sea border which it creates; stresses that the present arrangements do not command cross-community support; expresses alarm that a recent UK-wide survey led by the Federation of Small Businesses found that 58 per cent of businesses were having moderate to significant challenges as a result of the Framework and that over a third had already ceased trade in Northern Ireland; though they wish to move beyond current arrangements, condemns the Government’s refusal to dismantle border control posts whilst at the same time subjecting movements of business parcels, veterinary medicines and used agricultural machinery to EU law; further condemns the Government's refusal to implement pre-existing agreements; believes the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework was a missed opportunity to propose solutions that are radical in moving beyond the current arrangements; calls on the Government to urgently change course in order to protect businesses, consumers and the integrity of the UK internal market; and further calls on the Government to practically demonstrate its commitment to fully restoring Northern Ireland’s place in the UK by insisting on an end to the democratic deficit sustained by the Windsor Framework.

213 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.