In this week’s EU exit bulletin, we focus on recent developments in relation to the Protocol and specifically the Windsor Framework.
On Wednesday this week, the House of Commons voted on the draft Stormont Brake Statutory Instrument for the Windsor Framework after a debate in Parliament. MPs voted overall by a large majority to approve the Stormont brake, viewed as an overall vote on the Windsor Framework, with 515 in favour and 29 against.
On the EU side, the EU formally adopted the required legislative parts of the Windsor Framework in a meeting of the EU General Affairs Council which took place on Tuesday this week. Last week, the European Parliament debated the Windsor Framework.
In order to translate the Windsor Framework into law, this requires the UK and the EU to adopt decisions in the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee. A meeting in London is scheduled for today, Friday 24 March, of the Joint Committee at which it is expected that the agreement will be formally adopted.