Irish Border: Checks and Customs Arrangements Debate

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Tuesday 1st October 2019

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Lord Duncan of Springbank Portrait Lord Duncan of Springbank
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I am very happy to offer that confirmation.

Lord Wigley Portrait Lord Wigley (PC)
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My Lords, is it the Government’s intention that goods coming from the Republic of Ireland to the United Kingdom via Holyhead will be subject to exactly the same sort of border controls as those in Northern Ireland, or is Northern Ireland being treated differently from the rest of the United Kingdom?

Lord Duncan of Springbank Portrait Lord Duncan of Springbank
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It is not the intention of this Government to have Northern Ireland treated any differently from any other part of this, our United Kingdom.

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