Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland: Border Arrangements Debate

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Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland: Border Arrangements

Antoinette Sandbach Excerpts
Wednesday 28th February 2018

(6 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Lidington Portrait Mr Lidington
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The right hon. Gentleman served in the coalition Government, so he knows that Government business involves Ministers writing and conversing with each other all the time. The Government’s policy is the policy that has been collectively agreed by the Cabinet, and that is what the Prime Minister and I have set out this afternoon.

Antoinette Sandbach Portrait Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury) (Con)
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I welcome the Minister’s commitment to the joint report. Will he confirm that it is Her Majesty’s Government’s intention to stick by the agreements that were outlined in paragraphs 49 and 50 of the report and that there is no intention to renege on any part of them?

David Lidington Portrait Mr Lidington
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I can give my hon. Friend that assurance.