Having been granted Royal Assent on 21 July 2025, the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 moved from debate into law, opening a new phase… Read More »The Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025: what it means for Northern Ireland
Context In July 2025 the European Commission published a proposal to add the new EU regulation on forced labour to the list of laws that… Read More »EU forced labour regulations: an addition to the Windsor Framework?
The European Commission (the Commission) has proposed extending two ‘adequacy’ decisions that facilitate the free flow of personal data between the EU and the UK.… Read More »The future of UK-EU data flows: adequacy extension under review
On 11 February 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) will present its Work Programme (CWP) for the year ahead during the European Parliament’s plenary session.… Read More »European Commission Work Programme 2025: Enhanced engagement with Northern Ireland stakeholders
Engagement with the academic community can be helpful for fostering informed discussions and decisions within the Northern Ireland Assembly. Academic research is typically robust and… Read More »Moving beyond the ‘usual suspects’ in academic engagement
The Assembly’s Research and Information Service (RaISe) partners with academia and other academic institutions under its ‘Programme of Academic Engagement’. Knowledge Exchange (KE) activities play… Read More »Effective Knowledge Exchange activities in the Northern Ireland Assembly – facilitating access and use of academic research findings and expertise
Understanding the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill: key issues and implications On 4 September 2024, the UK Government introduced the Product Regulation and Metrology (PRM)… Read More »Navigating the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill: balancing regulatory alignment, devolution, and global trade ambitions
This two-part blog post is a follow-up to a series of three articles about Outcomes Based Accountability (OBA) and the Programme for Government (PfG) draft… Read More »Valuing the impact of cultural activities on our wellbeing (part 2 of 2)
This two-part blog post is a follow-up to a series of three articles about Outcomes Based Accountability (OBA) and the Programme for Government (PfG) draft… Read More »Valuing the impact of cultural activities on our wellbeing (part 1 of 2)
This article updates a previous article on the negotiations around the Gibraltar Protocol. Gibraltar provides an interesting point of comparison with Northern Ireland in terms… Read More »Update – the Gibraltar Protocol
