Dear Readers, We need your help. The Labour Government has introduced a new regulation — SI 2025/796 — that effectively cements two separate car markets in the UK: one for Great Britain, and another for Northern Ireland.
This isn’t just about technical paperwork — it’s about the integrity of our internal market, the principle of Brexit, and fair treatment for everyone across the UK.
This split means the same new car could soon cost £4,000 more in Northern Ireland than in Great Britain, simply because of EU rules still applying in NI. Read more about it here.
We’ve written to the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee asking them to flag this regulation as politically and legally important, and to bring it to the full attention of Parliament. But they need to hear from you, too.
Please email them before noon on Tuesday 22nd July to make your voice heard: HLSecLegScrutiny@parliament.uk
Even a short message expressing concern about SI 2025/796 and its impact on the UK’s internal market and Northern Ireland’s place in the Union can make a difference. Together, we can shine a light on this before it’s too late. Thank you for standing with us.
Example letter ideas to send to HLSecLegScrutiny@parliament.uk before Tuesday:
EXAMPLE 1 –
Subject: Concern Regarding SI 2025/796 – Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025
Dear Members of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee,
I am writing as a concerned citizen to ask that you flag SI 2025/796 as politically and legally importantand bring it to the attention of the House.
This regulation risks further dividing the United Kingdom’s internal market by reinforcing two separate vehicle type approval regimes — one for Great Britain and one for Northern Ireland. This undermines the principle of a single UK market and goes against the spirit of the 2016 Brexit vote, which was for the wholeUK to leave the EU, not just parts of it.
Evidence shows this regulatory divergence could make new cars in Northern Ireland £4,000 more expensive than in GB by 2026, with wider consequences for fairness, economic unity, and constitutional integrity.
I urge the Committee to treat this statutory instrument with the seriousness it deserves.
Yours sincerely,
[Your Name]
EXAMPLE 2 –
Subject: Concern Regarding SI 2025/796 – Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025
Dear Members of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee,
I am writing as a concerned citizen to ask that you flag SI 2025/796 as politically and legally importantand bring it to the attention of the House.
This regulation risks further dividing the United Kingdom’s internal market by reinforcing two separate vehicle type approval regimes — one for Great Britain and one for Northern Ireland. This undermines the principle of a single UK market and goes against the spirit of the 2016 Brexit vote, which was for the wholeUK to leave the EU, not just parts of it.
Evidence shows this regulatory divergence could make new cars in Northern Ireland £4,000 more expensive than in GB by 2026, with wider consequences for fairness, economic unity, and constitutional integrity.
I urge the Committee to treat this statutory instrument with the seriousness it deserves.
Yours sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Town/Region – optional]
EXAMPLE 3 –
Subject: URGENT: SI 2025/796 – Dividing the UK and Penalising Northern Ireland
Dear Members of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee,
I urge you to flag SI 2025/796 as politically and legally significant and to bring it before the House.
This statutory instrument does more than tweak regulations — it entrenches the dangerous idea that Northern Ireland is no longer fully part of the UK’s internal market.
It formalises a two-tier system for new cars: one for Great Britain, one for Northern Ireland. That means families in NI will pay £4,000 more for the same car by 2026 — simply because they’re still tied to EU rules while the rest of the UK is not.
This is wrong.
It breaks the principle of equal citizenship.
It contradicts Section 46 of the Internal Market Act.
And it chips away at the constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom.
This is not a minor technicality. It is a political and legal red line.
Please stand up for fairness, for the Union, and for the integrity of Parliament’s role by calling this SI in for proper scrutiny.
Yours sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Town/Region – optional]
EXAMPLE 4 –
