European Union Committee
The United Kingdom Internal Market Bill: Part 5
14th Report of Session 2019-21 - published 16 October 2020 - HL Paper 147
Contents
Chapter 2: The Withdrawal Agreement and the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland
Overview: negotiating the Protocol
Box 1: EU Committee work on Brexit and Northern Ireland
The objectives of the Protocol
The United Kingdom internal market
The role of the Joint Committee
The status of the Withdrawal Agreement in UK law
Box 2: The principles of ‘direct effect’ and ‘primacy’
Safeguards and dispute resolution
Chapter 3: The United Kingdom Internal Market Bill
Clause 42: Northern Ireland’s place in the UK internal market and customs territory
Clause 44: export declarations
Clause 47: incompatibility with international or domestic law
Chapter 4: The compatibility of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill with international law
The Government’s legal argument
The European Commission’s response
Government allegations against the EU
The European Union Committee’s letter of 18 September 2020