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Lords launch inquiry into regulatory divergence and the Windsor Framework

Wednesday 15 November 2023

At 3:15pm on Wednesday 15 November, the House of Lords European Affairs Sub-Committee on the Windsor Framework, (formerly Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland Committee) will hold its first public evidence session of its new inquiry into regulatory divergence and the Windsor Framework.

The Committee will hear from two panels of academic, legal and policy experts.

At 3.15pm

  • Dr Lisa Claire Whitten, Research Fellow, Post-Brexit Governance NI, Queen’s University Belfast
  • Dr Esmond Birnie, Senior Economist, University of Ulster
  • Joël Reland, Research Associate, UK in a Changing Europe

At 4:20pm

  • Anton Spisak, Head of Political Leadership, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
  • James Webber, Partner, Shearman & Sterling

The public evidence sessions will start from 3:15pm and will be available to watch live or on demand on Parliamentlive.TV or attend in person in Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster.

Possible question topics include:

  • What impact the agreement of the Windsor Framework has had on the issue of regulatory divergence
  • The main risks or opportunities in relation to regulatory divergence
  • The impact on trade in goods, individual rights (Article 2) and services
  • Engagement between the UK Government and sectors affected by divergence

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