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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Young

Democratic oversight measures for NI Brexit rules are ‘insufficient’, peers find

A general view of a Belfast Harbour sign on a container crane at at the Port of Belfast. Picture date: Monday January 16, 2023. - (PA Archive)

Democratic oversight arrangements designed to give Stormont politicians and other stakeholders a say in post-Brexit rules in Northern Ireland are “overwhelmingly complex” and “impossible” to navigate, peers have found.

A House of Lords committee said the measures were “insufficient” and called for “urgent action” from the Government to address the concerns.

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