MPs expected to back new Northern Ireland organ donation law
Northern Ireland has been without a devolved government for a year due to the DUP's boycott of the power-sharing institutions over its protest against post-Brexit trade rulesThe Northern Ireland Bill, which is expected to pass all its Commons stages on Wednesday, will also extend the deadline for holding another assembly election in Northern Ireland.
It will further delay the requirement for the formation of an executive at Stormont until 18 January next year and delay an Assembly election to 11 April at the latest. Mr Heaton-Harris said getting the Stormont executive up and running again was his "top priority" and the bill would create "time and space" to help achieve that."While this exceptional intervention by the government is welcome and important, I am disappointed the decision was not taken by locally-elected decision-makers in the Northern Ireland Assembly."The bill could complete all of its stages in Parliament by 6 March.
It would then take about three months until the opt-out system could effectively begin in Northern Ireland, meaning it could be in place by the start of summer.
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