EU Exit Negotiations Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

EU Exit Negotiations

George Howarth Excerpts
Monday 15th October 2018

(5 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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The point about not having a customs border down the Irish sea is not one that has escaped negotiators. We have been very clear: we were clear when the proposal was first published by the European Union earlier this year and we have consistently been clear that such an arrangement was one that the UK Government could not accept.

George Howarth Portrait Mr George Howarth (Knowsley) (Lab)
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Does not the existence of a backstop serve only to illustrate the fact that the Prime Minister has actually wasted the last two years?