Desmond Swayne
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(5 years, 5 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
The common travel area will continue to exist. That is one of the things that has been agreed in the withdrawal agreement.
Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) (Con)
The power to extend the transition or the backstop indefinitely has got to be a trap, hasn’t it?
The Prime Minister
No, and precisely because of the reasons that I set out. Not only is it clear that that can only be temporary, but it is also the case that many in the European Union believe that the backstop is actually a place that gives the United Kingdom an advantage—an advantage that they would not wish to give us.