Motion Amendment

Motion TitleMoving Beyond the Windsor Framework - Amendment 1

Motion Amendment TextLeave out all after ‘ceased trade in Northern Ireland’ and insert: ‘notes that the recent Independent Review of the Windsor Framework is a missed opportunity to recognise the trade, economic and sovereignty challenges to both Northern Ireland and to the integrity of the United Kingdom as a whole; further notes that the existing safeguards within the Windsor Framework, including the Democratic Consent Mechanism, the Stormont Brake, voting against applicability motions within the Assembly, the oversight by the Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee and the UK Government’s role in safeguarding the integrity of the United Kingdom have all failed to arrest continued divergence within the internal UK market, and further, that existing processes as introduced by HMRC and other agencies have added to the cost of doing business within Northern Ireland; is concerned that changes to sanitary and phytosanitary and other germane regulations will not be fully discussed between UK Government and the EU until 2027 with likely implementation not until 2028 and beyond; and calls on the UK Government to use the existing provisions within Article 16 of the Windsor Framework and pause all further implementation of the Windsor Framework until after completion of the UK-EU reset negotiations in 2027, rather than blindly following the faithful implementation approach that is accelerating divergence within our nation.’

Amendment Number1

Motion Amendment CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office04/09/2025

Date of Plenary Debate08/09/2025