Senior SNP MP urges government to set up joint UK-EU assembly

The SNP’s foreign affairs spokesperson, Alyn Smith, is urging the UK Government to speed up moves towards a post-Brexit UK-EU assembly.

As outlined in the EU withdrawal agreement, such an assembly should be set up to oversee issues caused by Britain’s withdrawal, such as the Northern Ireland protocol. The assembly would be composed of 35 members from each side. 

According to The Scotsman, Smith said, “This Parliamentary Assembly .. will be vital to keep an eye on the many problems Brexit has caused and hold the UK Government and indeed EU Commission to account where right now we have an unelected unaccountable Lord representing the UK”.

The head of the European Parliament Liaison Office, Susanne Oberhauser, has said, likewise, that “The European Parliament is now looking forward for the UK side to finalise their internal procedures and to set up their delegation, so that the Parliamentary Partnership Assembly can have its first constituent meeting in the next couple of months.”