Lord Bew and Lord Murphy of Torfaen questioned on the Windsor Framework
The House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland holds the second evidence session of its new inquiry into the Windsor Framework.
Watch the evidence session: Parliamentlive.tv
Meeting details
Background
The Windsor Framework was announced by the UK and the EU on 27 February 2023 as “a set of meaningful changes to the Protocol and its operation which will provide lasting certainty and stability for citizens and businesses in Northern Ireland.” The Sub-Committee launched its inquiry on 17 March, when it published its Call for Written Evidence, seeking responses by Tuesday 2 May. Over the coming weeks the Committee will also take oral evidence from business and community representatives, legal and academic experts and political representatives. It also has written to the Foreign Secretary inviting him to appear before the Committee. The Sub-Committee aims to publish its findings by the summer.
Possible questions
The Committee will ask the witnesses for their assessment of:
- The extent to which the Windsor Framework resolves the problems that have arisen with the Protocol
- Impact the Windsor Framework will have on the political situation in Northern Ireland
- Proposed Stormont BrakeThe proposals for enhanced engagement with Northern Ireland stakeholders
- Economic impact of the Windsor Framework
- Significance of the Windsor Framework for regulatory divergence, both East-West between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and North South between Northern Ireland and Ireland
- Impact of the Windsor Framework on the application of EU law to Northern Ireland
- Governance of the Windsor Framework, including the role of the CJEU