The controversial legislation – designed to take unilateral action to halt controls on goods agreed with the EU under the Brexit deal – will be released to the public on Monday. However, the former Tories chancellor said the radical plan would be “seriously challenged” in the upper room. “I look forward to seeing a very large majority in the House of Lords hold it for a long time,” Lord Clark told the Daily Mail. “Personally, I’m afraid, I’m usually voting against the government when they try to break the rule of law,” he said, adding that Britain should abide by a “rule-based international order in which countries reach agreements and then abide by them.” “I do not think the government should be allowed to negotiate a treaty, to tell the public that it is a nice treaty, to ratify it by parliament and then almost immediately start trying to break it.” Lord Tory’s big colleague Michael Howard – the former leader of the party that has previously voted against the government for Brexit legislation – also said the bill “will undoubtedly find a rocky path” in the Lords. Senior Labor and Liberal Democrat peers have also vowed to oppose the move, arguing it violates an international treaty. Some observers predict that the Lords could help weaken the account and delay it by up to a year. In November 2020, the peers delivered a major defeat to the government against the Internal Market Bill – its previous attempt to bypass parts of the exit agreement – by a vote of 433 to 165 in favor of the abolition of key clauses. Torres MP Sir Bernard Jenkin, meanwhile, has warned the government it could face a Brexit backlash in the Commonwealth if legislation does not offer the DUP a “serious prospect” of returning the government to Stormont. . Mr Johnson and Secretary of State Liz Truss are being pressured by Tories MEPs from the European Research Group (ERG) and the DUP to make the bill as tough as possible to control the movement of goods between GB and NI. The Prime Minister and Ms Truss met with ERG Bill Cash earlier this week to discuss their draft legislation – which is said to include a “dual regulatory regime” that allows GB-made products to move to the NI and vice versa. , without checks. Mujtaba Rahman, an analyst at consulting firm Eurasia Group, said the EU would not “overreact” to the bill next week. He said Brussels leaders knew it could take six to 12 months for the law to pass in parliament. However, the Brexit expert told the Independent that he expected the European Commission to start “preparatory work” for possible retaliatory moves – including tariffs – as a bill passes parliament. It comes as Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer warned that the Prime Minister was taking a “disaster” in relations with the Republic of Ireland and the EU. The Labor leader met with some of Northern Ireland’s political leaders on Friday amid deepening post-Brexit trade dispute over the region and the Stormont impasse. Starmer met with DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson – refusing to rejoin the distribution of power until protocol controls are lifted – and UUP chief Doug Beattie in London earlier this week. No. 10 confirmed Friday that the legislation, led by Ms Trouse – and a summary of the government’s legal position – will be made public on Monday. But the full legal advice given to the ministers will not be revealed. Downing Street has denied allegations that Sir James Eddie, the government’s independent legal lawyer, was not asked to comment on whether the bill would violate international law. Secretary of State James Cleverley declined to comment directly on whether he was consulted on the plans – but insisted the government remained “confident” that its proposals were legitimate. Meanwhile, Tory peer David Frost, a former Brexit negotiator, said he was “thinking” of running for parliament. “We will see if the opportunity arises and maybe not, we will see; I think so.”
