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Closed Resolve any trade issues without triggering Article 16

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The UK Government must honour the NI Protocol agreed with the EU which is designed to preserve peace in Ireland and avoid a hard land border.
Any barriers to trade should be resolved through dialogue with EU and not by triggering Article 16.

We want Government to protect hard won peace in NI and resolve any trade issues without triggering Article 16 and thereby risking a hard land border in Ireland.

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  • Petition closed

  • Related activity

    E-petition session on the movement of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland

    On Monday 22 February the Petitions Committee will hold a virtual e-petition session to discuss the movement of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    MPs will discuss the issue in light of a petition calling for the Government to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol to enable unfettered GB-NI Trade: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/573209

    Watch live from 4.30pm on Monday 22 February:
    https://youtu.be/1Yntjci_9BQ

    Petitions sessions and debates are an opportunity for MPs to discuss the important issues raised by petitions, however they cannot directly change the law or result in a vote to implement the request of the petition.

    The petition calling for the Government to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol to enable unfettered GB-NI Trade is being considered in an e-petition session because sittings in Westminster Hall (where e-petitions are normally debated) have been suspended as part of Parliament’s arrangements for adapting to the Coronavirus outbreak.

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    If this petition gets 10,000 signatures, government will respond to it.

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    This petition will stay open until 11 August 2021.