Northern Ireland Protocol Bill to be further discussed in Parliament on Monday Brexit
The Northern Ireland Protocol Bill - the UK government's bid to change post-Brexit trading rules - will be further discussed in Parliament on Monday.
If the protocol bill is passed into law it would give the British government unilateral powers to change the operation and oversight of the mechanism. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK which shares a land border with an EU member state - the Republic of Ireland. The Democratic Unionist Party has been the most vocal in its opposition and has been protesting over the arrangements since February.
On Sunday, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the UK government should focus on its protocol negotiations with the EU instead of calling an assembly election.problems inside the Conservative government over the past few months got in the way of progress.
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