EU Committee takes evidence on the revised protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland
25 October 2019
The House of Lords EU Committee takes evidence from Dr Katy Hayward, Northern Ireland Retail Consortium and the Ulster Farmers' Union on the revised protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland.
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Witnesses
Tuesday 29 October in Committee Room 3, Palace of Westminster
At 4.00pm:
- Dr Katy Hayward, Reader in Sociology, Queen's University Belfast
- Aodhán Connolly, Director, Northern Ireland Retail Consortium
- Ivor Ferguson, President, Ulster Farmers' Union
Topics for discussion
- The political and economic impact of the revised Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland
- The proposed ‘simple majority' consent mechanism
- The practical implications of the provision for Northern Ireland's continued regulatory alignment with the Single Market for goods
- The impact of the new customs and VAT provisions under the revised Protocol