Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee

17 June 2026

Contents updated on 17 Jun 2026

Opening of the session on Article 2 of the Windsor Framework, presentation of the Equality Commission’s mandate and pre‑Brexit framework, detailed examination of Article 2’s scope and covered EU equality directives, and analysis of the Dillon judgment’s implications for direct effect alongside comparison of NI and GB equality protections and ECNI enforcement powers.

Committee Wed, 17 Jun 2026 Actual start 10:30 House of Lords

16:33 - 17:39

Speaker 1

Good morning and welcome to this public meeting of the Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee. We are today holding the second public evidence session of our inquiry on Article 2 of the Protocol on Windsor Framework, the so-called non-diminution of rights provision.

We're joined today by senior representatives of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Geraldine McGahey is the Chief Commissioner of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, and Louise Conlon is the Chief Executive at the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. You're both very welcome indeed, and we very much look forward to hearing your evidence. We would be grateful if the first time you speak, you would introduce yourselves briefly. Today's meeting is being broadcast, and a verbatim transcript will be taken for subsequent publication, which will be sent to the witnesses to check for accuracy.

So I'm now going to start the evidence session. Okay. If you want to pause for any reason at any time, just say.

17:39 - 17:40

Thank you.

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