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  European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill - New Clause 55 - Northern Irelandâs Place in the UK Internal Market
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require the publication of an annual assessment of impacts on businesses and consumers arising from the Protocol on trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland and to protect the place of Northern Ireland businesses and consumers in the UK internal market.
  
  @ MP voted no not to require the publication of an annual assessment of impacts on businesses and consumers arising from the Protocol on trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland and not to protect the place of Northern Ireland businesses and consumers in the UK internal market.
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to require the publication of an annual assessment of impacts on businesses and consumers arising from the Protocol on trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland and not to protect the place of Northern Ireland businesses and consumers in the UK internal market.
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill.[1]
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Northern Irelandâs place in the UK internal market'' and stated:
  
  :â(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 negative impacts 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.
  
  
  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2019-20/europeanunionwithdrawalagreement.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill. Parliament.uk website]
  
  
  
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