BREXIT BRIEF - Brexit Brief Issue 165 Introduction Section One: State of Play

has sought to review the era of Brexit, which continues with its entirely negative Northern Ireland Secretary, Chris Heaton- and divisive impact on the political, Harris, made the offer at a meeting of economic, and communal life of the island the five party leaders on 11 December of Ireland, and on the vital relationship with 2023, against the backdrop of the political the neighbouring island. [...] the IRC’s recommendation for the In the communiqué it stated that both appointment of an Independent Person governments agreed that the people to engage and report in detail on the of Northern Ireland deserve to have a question of the possible establishment “stable, locally-elected and accountable of a formal process of comprehensive government” and discussed the effects group transition had the p. [...] Responding to an Alliance Party statement arguing that the continuing stalemate on The leaders of the Northern Ireland the restoration of the Stormont institutions parties, supported by the British and requires urgent action by the Westminster Irish governments, determined to end Government and consultation with the Irish the conflict and establish a system Government as co-signatory of the GFA, o. [...] To this the British-Irish Council and the British- end, we argue that reforms should focus Irish Intergovernmental Conference on the nomination processes for the as fora for mutual cooperation on Speaker of the Assembly and the offices matters of shared interest across the of the First and Deputy First Minister. [...] between the member states of the EU and the institutions of the Union, and the UK, Prime Minister Sunak assured Sir William has increased during the last three or four and the rest of the House that Lord Cameron, years.