In the statement, the minister said that the agreement on the rest of the UK and today`s announcement by the Commission in terms of contingencies could have what is often euphemistically referred to as the Australian agreement. But Australia and the EU also have an air transport agreement and a number of agreements that do not require contingencies to be concluded in just a few days. The Commission stated that the United Kingdom would be subject to these agreements if they were equivalent. I quote from the Commission document: Sir Ian McKellen supports JRR`s bid Tolkien Haus10 Ministers say the bill would provide a “backstop” if the EU suspended the deal, particularly the section on Northern Ireland, in an “extreme and unreasonable” way. The section – known as protocol – is intended to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland. When that happens, fine, but it`s a matter of sovereignty, and sovereignty is not in trade or in technical details, as discussed here. Does the noble Gentleman, like some of us, understand that this is democratic control in this country and not just a business? Perhaps it is time to leave to maintain this democratic and sovereign control. Gentlemen, I will seek advice on my noble friend`s proposals for a six-month review. As my noble friend said, we have tried to agree on a pragmatic approach to the implementation of the protocol, not only on medicines, but also on other things, but this is particularly important with regard to the regulation of medicines. It will give industry the time and flexibility it needs and ensure that medicines, including veterinary medicines, can continue to flow into Northern Ireland.
Work is underway across government to prepare for the end of the transition period to which my noble friend referred, and we will issue further guidance to industry to relocate medicines to Northern Ireland in the coming period. Labor`s spokesman for constitutional affairs, Charles Falconer, warned that the bill could turn the UK into an “international pariah,” while others pointed to the fact that Joe Biden, the president-elect of the United States, called on the UNITED Kingdom not to do anything that could undermine the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement. .
