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<p>The Windsor Framework protects and strengthens Northern Ireland’s place in our
Union and this will be reinforced by the changes we are making to domestic legislation.</p><p>As
well as ensuring goods available on the shelves in Great Britain are able to move
freely to Northern Ireland, the agreement safeguards Northern Ireland’s place in the
UK internal market through agreements on medicines, VAT and State aid.</p><p>The agreement
ensures that Northern Ireland will benefit from the same VAT and alcohol taxes as
apply in the rest of the United Kingdom.</p><p>With the agreement, we have restored
sovereignty by putting the people of Northern Ireland in charge and eliminating the
democratic deficit.</p><p>Northern Ireland’s businesses have access not only to the
UK market, but also to the European single market and the agreement provides Northern
Ireland with excellent opportunities for economic growth. In so doing it supports
the prosperity of both Northern Ireland and the whole of the UK.</p><p>As Tony Blair
recently noted, political stability is the best way to protect the union between Northern
Ireland and Great Britain and by fixing the problems with the Protocol and restoring
the delicate balance inherent in the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, we have provided
a sound basis for Northern Ireland to move forward economically and politically as
an integral and prosperous part of the United Kingdom.</p>
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