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New Brexit Threats to Standards and Trade

EmiliaBy Emilia11th May 20224 Views3 Mins Read Holyrood
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Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson warns UK Government about “catastrophic” trade war with the EU.

Europe Minister Neil Gray wrote to the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warning of the potential economic damage when it first emerged that the UK Government was drafting a new law to disregard parts of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement.

– Graeme

The reports that UK ministers are preparing legislation giving them sweeping powers to unilaterally suspend elements of the Northern Ireland Protocol in the Withdrawal Agreement could cause Scotland further damage than has already been made due to Brexit.

The Brexit freedoms bill announced yesterday in the Queen’s Speech has only confirmed the UK Government’s intentions and the Scottish Government would be strongly opposed to them.

No response has been received, and Mr Robertson has yesterday further expressed his concern following further reports of the UK Government’s intentions today.

UKGov could cause Scotland further damage if it takes unilateral action re Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol. I’ve written to @trussliz as we should at least have courtesy of consultation.
Holyrood blasts Northern Ireland Protocol changes as ‘unthinkable’ https://t.co/KbDkXx215j

— Neil Gray MSP (@neilcgray) April 23, 2022

Mr Robertson said the “disastrous impact” of Brexit on Scotland would be further compounded by the “Brexit freedoms bill”, announced yesterday in the Queen’s Speech, which could drive a race to the bottom in standards as the UK Government considers abandoning legislation that has protected Scottish interests for almost 50 years.

Cabinet Secretary @AngusRobertson has urged the UK Government to pull back from reported plans to disregard parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
He also said the “Brexit freedoms bill” announced in the Queen’s Speech has enormous ramifications for Scotland’s society & economy pic.twitter.com/Fd8UU6lSwL

— Scottish Government International (@ScotGovInter) May 10, 2022

– Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson

Yesterday there are new reports that the UK Government is preparing to scrap large parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol – a key element of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement.

Europe Minister Neil Gray wrote to the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on 22 April asking if such a move was being considered and warning of the damage that this could cause to Scotland’s economy.

We have received no response, and are left once again to read in the media that a new law is indeed being considered – despite UK ministers reportedly being warned this could spark a trade war in the middle of a cost of living crisis.

Such a move would be catastrophic and the UK Government must pull back, and focus instead on dialogue with our EU partners and finding durable, agreed solutions. The fact that the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government are completely in the dark is unacceptable but sadly all too predictable.

To make matters worse we could be facing a race to the bottom as a result of further legislation announced in the Queen’s Speech which will add to the already disastrous impact of Brexit on Scotland.

The Brexit freedoms bill is said to provide ‘new found freedoms’, but its main purpose is to give the UK Government the freedom to abandon long-established standards relating to food, food labelling, the environment, animal and plant health, and workers’ rights.

We believe it will fire the starting pistol for a race to the bottom on standards, and is a further expansion of the hard Brexit the Scottish people did not vote for, and to which the Scottish Parliament did not consent.

This bill has enormous ramifications across our nation’s society and economy, and yet again the UK Government has given the government of Scotland only a cursory briefing on what this Bill will contain.

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