UK smoking ban risks breaching post-Brexit deal, ex-Tory justice secretary warns
A former Tor Justice Secretary, Keir Starmer’s flagship ban on smoking, violates the risk of violating an important agreement with the European Union after Brexit and warned, “Going directly to courts.”
Robert Buckland said that Britain initially supports plans that will see that it smokes for the entire generation.
However, he now says that the government should “pause” or at risk a legal car accident.
Under the plans, everyone who is currently 15 years of age and under the UK will gradually become a smoke -free country, so it will never get legally cigarettes.
The idea was initiated by Rishi Altak with a large fanfare, but Tories was enthusiastically supported by Labour when he was thrown out of power last summer.
However, Sir Robert now warns the risk of violating another part of the legislation signed by the altar of the EU and Windsor.
What will be done on the border of Northern Ireland is designed to deal with the problem after Brexit about many persecution scenes during problems.
There was fear that Brexit could call the land border between the Ni and the Republic of Ireland again as a ‘harsh border’, and the control points that risk to be the focus of future attacks.
To avoid that the UK and the EU accept a system in which NI is aligned with EU laws when it comes to goods.
Sir Robert warns that the EU law requires that the EU law should remain legal for adults over 18 years of age.
However, the new draft law would blame everyone born after 2008, including NI.
The government believes that the measures prepared in the bill are consistent with the obligations of British under the Windsor framework.
Sir Robert says the connection means that the invoice is in a collision course with international law and that ministers entered a constitutional and legal car accident.
“If the draft is applied in Northern Ireland, we violate the EU law.
“Windsor framework is not a political window dressing, but international law. And if the parliament highlights this bill as it is, we go directly to the courts.
“The Courts of Northern Ireland have already shown that they will reduce the laws of the UK, which is conflicting with the frame. This is not theoretical, it is real, new and relevant.
“The government must pause. Negotiate an exemption… Or remove Northern Ireland from the scope of the bill. Something else is reckless.”
“Legal goods such as tobacco are protected within the scope of the right to purchase, Windsor framework and the good Friday agreement.
The Ministry of Health was approached for comment.
