Former DUP leader Edwin Poots lobbied the British government to dilute legislation arguing that the region’s farmers would be better off under the protocol.
Mr Poots on Friday defended his move, arguing that while the protocol was “wholly unacceptable”, it was “entirely reasonable” to seek to be able to support farmers.
Article 10 of the deal left Northern Irish goods and agricultural support subject to the EU’s state aid regime – but the region was granted a generous £382mn annual exemption for farm subsidies. Since Brexit, EU state aid rules no longer apply to Great Britain which, via the Subsidy Control Act, has created a bespoke British subsidy regime that will take effect on January 4th.
Mr Poots concluded: “The Northern Ireland protocol bill is proposing to disapply the approach to subsidy control that we currently have and extending the [UK’s Subsidy Control Act] to Northern Ireland. This is unacceptable and we need a solution.”
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