'We must now take a package of protective measures in this bill,' Boris Johnson told the House of Commons.
Parliamentarians in the U.K. have voted in favor of the controversial Internal Market Bill, sections of which would give the British government powers to overrule parts of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement made with the European Union.
"We must now take a package of protective measures in this bill," Johnson told the House of Commons."Every good is at risk, therefore, libel to tariffs. It is unreasonable and clearly against the spirit of this protocol."
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