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On a point of order, Mr Speaker. In light of the discussion during the debate from Mr Brown and others, could you clarify for the House the effect under regulation 18 of the Windsor framework regulations? Is the effect the same when there has not been approval for a motion such as today's, which has been declined on a…
— this is a point of order — that Minister will give clarity on whether they genuinely believe, unlike what is stated in the explanatory memorandum, that this represents a new regulatory border? Thank you.
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Would it be in order — I ask for your advice on this — given that the overwhelming majority of the Assembly voted to maintain our dual market access and benefits for small craft producers, that you write to the UK Minister of the Crown, who is named in the relevant legislation, to ask…
I thank all Members for their contributions. Whether we agree or disagree on the content of particular non-agricultural GIs, it is important to say that the very fact that we are having the debate in the Chamber is progress, which is to be welcomed. I take on board Mr Allister's point about regulation 18: whether or…
It is certainly not about whiskey. Rather, it is craft matters that are covered. Where it impacts on us as part of the UK internal market, of which we are supposed to be part, is as follows. If enhanced protection is given to a product that has a GI, anything that competes with that product in the NI market, because…
I always like to consider such matters practically, so, to take the Speaker's point and return to the subject of the debate, what is the impact of the motion? Ultimately, for me, the motion is talking about protecting Northern Ireland within the EU market. Will it have an impact on our internal UK market, however?…
I recognise exactly what the DUP is doing. Under the Donaldson deal, it is implementing the protocol. By accepting annex 2 and its 287 unaltered and unalterable EU laws, it is now implementing, not opposing, the protocol. To be a Minister in this House, you must, by law, implement the protocol. That is the product of…
Something that we and all unionists in the Chamber will agree on is the damage done by the Northern Ireland protocol, which was imposed on this country by Boris Johnson and his colleagues in the Conservative Party. The question for those of us on the unionist Benches is this: what are we doing about it? The stand that…
The Member, if he wants to learn from Mr Tice and Mr Habib, could do very well, because they have discovered emphatically just how pernicious and how constitutionally destructive the protocol is. If Mr O'Toole has seen the light in respect of these matters and wants to come on board on the right side of the argument,…
I appreciate the Member giving way. Speaking of people who voted to impose things, though he calls me, along with other parties, a protocol implementer, I never had the opportunity to vote in total and overall to implement the protocol, which is a good thing in the context of Brexit being a very bad thing. Has he…
Clearly the Member was not paying attention to my early comments about my preference to have seen this tabled by FM and dFM. Is the Member aware of the provision that, if no Member tables an applicability motion, it defaults to the Speaker to table it anyway? There are safeguards to ensure that the applicability…
Mr Brown has tempted me into some preliminary remarks before I come to the substance of what I want to say. We have just had 10 minutes of exposition of the value of the geographical indicator legislation and a tirade against anyone who could ever be opposed to it. The astounding thing is that the proponents of it…
I will continue, Mr Speaker, as I have taken quite a few interventions. After all, the approach taken by the legislation follows that established by the existing GI schemes for agri-food, as I mentioned, and wines and spirits. Therefore, we can only deduce from the DUP and the UUP that they would be against the GI…
What we are doing right now is democratic scrutiny, and I am pleased that, after almost two years of being an elected MLA for South Down, I am finally able to fulfil that role.
I thank the Member for giving way. It is important that we draw the distinction between non-agriculture GIs and agriculture GIs, because that is the point of the debate today. What is the view of the Alliance Party on democratic scrutiny? We have listened to the Member and, indeed, the Member for Lagan Valley Sorcha…
The answer is yes, of course, I have, as has everyone else. Everyone who has read it is coming up with a different interpretation: 90 MLAs with different interpretations. That does not answer my question. My question is this: which subject matter experts and businesses have you spoken to about what the long-term…
I will raise two points. First, an applicability motion is different from an EU regulation on geographical indicators for craft and industrial products. I said that the regulation needed to be scrutinised, not the applicability motion. Secondly, please list the firms that you have spoken to and asked about the effect…
Will the Member accept that we have a duty to protect our place in the United Kingdom internal market, which was damaged by the Northern Ireland protocol? While there may be advantages to having access to the EU market and any other market, that cannot be at the expense of our place in the UK internal market, which is…