Subject	Predicate	Object
aYrw5r3N	a	Resource
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		Written answer
	answer has question	ugFEGm6R
	answer has answering person	James Younger
	answer text	<p>Clause 23 and Schedule 3 of the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 provide for certain changes to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 that will confer new statutory powers on the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Those new powers will allow the Commissions to monitor, report on and enforce the Government’s commitment, as set out in Article 2(1) of the Northern Ireland/Ireland Protocol to the Withdrawal Agreement, that no diminution of certain rights, safeguards and equality of opportunity set out in the Belfast (‘Good Friday’) Agreement results from the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.</p>
	answer given date	2020-02-26
	answer has answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	written answer has answering body	Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland Office	answering body has written answer	aYrw5r3N
Northern Ireland Office	answering body has answer	aYrw5r3N
ugFEGm6R	question has answer	aYrw5r3N
James Younger	answering person has answer	aYrw5r3N