Independent Review of the Windsor Framework: Terms of Reference
The Independent Review (the ‘Review’) is established under the terms of Schedule 6A to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
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The Independent Review also aligns with the commitments made in the Declaration of 17 October 2019 concerning the operation of the ‘Democratic consent in Northern Ireland’ provision of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (the Unilateral Declaration) as well as the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper published by the UK Government in January 2024.
The Review follows a consent motion passing in the Assembly (under the terms of Schedule 6A) by a majority of the Members of the Legislative Assembly voting but not with cross-community support1 .
The Review’s purpose is to provide the Government with a report of its conclusions on the functioning of the Windsor Framework arrangements and its implications on social, economic and political life in Northern Ireland.