MPs demand No 10 publish legal advice in protocol row
The Independent|May 18, 2022
Liz Truss has told Commons the proposed legislation is ‘legal in international law'
- ANDREW WOODCOCK
MPs demand No 10 publish legal advice in protocol row

Boris Johnson is coming under intense pressure to publish the legal basis for plans to override the Northern Ireland protocol, as the EU raised the spectre of an all-out trade war by warning it was ready to take “all measures at its disposal” in response.

Legal experts questioned foreign secretary Liz Truss's assertion in the House of Commons that a proposed parliamentary bill, which would drive a coach and horses through the finely balanced agreement struck by Boris Johnson in 2019, is “legal in international law”. And there was unease on the Conservative benches over the potential damage to the UK's reputation if it is seen to be breaching its international obligations.

“MPs will want to see the legal advice and know it is sustainable and arguable before going ahead with this," one former minister told The Independent. “We don't want to be back in the same battle as we had with the Internal Market Bill, with ministers talking about breaking the law in a limited way."

The row came as the scale of disruption caused by Brexit to trade across the Irish Sea was exposed by Marks & Spencer boss Archie Norman, who said that sending a lorryload of goods to the Republic now required eight hours to be spent on paperwork in order to deal with 700 pages of documentation, some of it in Latin.

Ms Truss said that the legislation - due to be published before the summer - would protect stability in Northern Ireland, not only by easing checks on goods arriving from mainland Britain, but also by removing the role of European judges and taking on new powers for Westminster on VAT and subsidies in the country. But the move would blow a hole in Northern Ireland's special status under the Brexit deal, which uniquely allows it to enjoy the benefits of the single market.

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