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New Brexit bill does break international law, says Northern Ireland secretary

Guardian, 08 Sep 2020
Asked by his Tory colleague Sir Bob Neill for assurance that nothing in the internal market bill being published on Wednesday would breach international legal obligations, Brandon Lewis admits: 'Yes, this does break international law in a very specific and limited way'. The Northern Ireland secretary was answering an urgent question in the Commons about the Northern Ireland protocol

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