4. Legislative Consent Motion on the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:47 pm on 22 November 2022.

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Photo of Mick Antoniw Mick Antoniw Labour 2:47, 22 November 2022

Thank you, Presiding Officer. I move the motion. It is a huge concern and disappointment to have to address this Bill. Despite the myriad of changes in the UK Government over recent months, little has changed. Little progress appears to have been made, and we remain with the prospect of this ill-judged and irresponsible Bill becoming law. The UK's international reputation has already been harmed so much recently that I'd hoped UK Ministers would have had the wisdom not to cause even more harm with his absurdity. I still hope that the latest Prime Minister will have the sense that his predecessors were bereft of, and find the wisdom and statesmanship that is required to make genuine progress.