Irish Border: Customs Arrangements

Alan Brown Excerpts
Tuesday 1st October 2019

(5 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Duddridge Portrait James Duddridge
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I thank my hon. Friend for that supportive comment. We are resolved. We will press on. We will try to get a deal. That is our preference, and we will do so and leave on 31 October.

Alan Brown Portrait Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)
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Governments are notorious for getting IT projects wrong in terms of both cost and time for implementation. Can the Minister confirm that one of these non-papers states that this mythical off-the-shelf technological solution that could be implemented in the event of a no-deal will be able to be adapted to any future arrangements and will answer the question posed by Michel Barnier about how a virtual solution can check cows?

James Duddridge Portrait James Duddridge
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As tempting as it is, I have been clear that I will not get into the detail of those proposals or non-papers.