On Wednesday 18 June the House of Lords Northern Ireland Scrutiny
Committee will continue
taking evidence from politicians as part of its
ongoing inquiry into Strengthening Northern Ireland's voice in the
context of the Windsor Framework.
10:45
AM
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Rt Hon
MP, Party Leader at Democratic
Unionist Party (DUP)
11:45
AM
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MLA, Social Democratic and Labour Party Assembly Leader and
Leader of the Opposition
The evidence sessions will
take place in Committee Room
2,
Palace of Westminster and will
be available to watch on Parliamentlive.TV
The Committee are expected to ask
questions on the following:
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The extent to which the voices of
Northern Ireland politicians, officials and business, retail
and community stakeholders are currently being heard in the
context of the Windsor Framework
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The effectiveness of structures and
mechanisms in place for Northern Ireland stakeholders to engage
with the Windsor Framework
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How announcements at the UK-EU
Summit on 19 May of a potential SPS agreement, the linking of
EU and UK emissions trade systems and UK participation in the
EU internal electricity market would impact Northern Ireland
and interact with the Windsor
Framework
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Expectations of the Independent
Review of the Windsor Framework, led by
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The operation of measures announced
in the ‘Safeguarding the Union' command paper such as the
working group with the NI Executive, the UK East-West Council,
Intertrade UK and the Independent Monitoring
Panel
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Effectiveness of the Stormont Brake
and the applicability motion
procedure
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The role and function of the
Northern Ireland Assembly's Windsor Framework Democratic
Scrutiny Committee
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Opportunities for direct Northern
Ireland engagement with EU structures, for example between the
Northern Ireland Executive and the European Commission or the
Northern Ireland Assembly and the European
Parliament
