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  United Kingdom Internal Market Bill - New Clause 7 - Northern Irelandâs place in the UK internal market
  
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  @ MP voted aye for a requirement to monitor and promote trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, considering businesses and consumers. 
  @ MP voted no against a requirement to monitor and promote trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, considering businesses and consumers. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against a requirement to monitor and promote trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, considering businesses and consumers. 
  
  MPs were considering the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill[1][2].
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Northern Irelandâs place in the UK internal market'' and stated:
  
  :(1) As part of its obligation under Article 6.2 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to use its best endeavours to facilitate trade between Northern Ireland and other parts of the UK, the UK Government mustâ
  
  :(a) publish an assessment at least every 12 months of any impact on businesses and consumers arising from the Protocol on trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland and vice versa; and
  
  :(b) develop mitigations to safeguard the place of Northern Ireland businesses and consumers in the UK internal market.
  
  :(2) The assessment published under paragraph (1)(a) must include assessment of the impact of any actual or proposed regulatory or trade policy divergence on Northern Irelandâs place in the UK Internal Market.
  
  :(3) Any official or administrative costs arising from the duties under subsections (1) and (2) may not be recouped from the private sector
  
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory statement from its proposer:
  
  
  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2019-21/unitedkingdominternalmarket.html Parliament's webpage on the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill, Parliament.uk]
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0177/en/20177en.pdf Explanatory notes to the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill, Parliament.uk website]
  
  
  
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