This is an odd answer. It turns out 3% was an EU calculation, not a UK government one. There is still no back up or workings shown to tell us how this percentage was calculated.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (180625):
Question:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what basis his Department calculated that only three per cent of EU law would apply to Northern Ireland under the Windsor Agreement. (180625)
Tabled on: 14 April 2023
Answer:
Leo Docherty:
The EU’s calculation is that less than 3% of EU law is applicable in Northern Ireland.
The answer was submitted on 24 Apr 2023 at 17:09.
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