EU Exit Negotiations

Nigel Huddleston Excerpts

Monday 15th October 2018 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

I am happy to give that commitment. That is precisely why we have been clear that we cannot accept the proposals that the European Union has put forward which would, in effect, mean a customs border down the Irish sea and so break Northern Ireland away from the rest of the UK.

[Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire) (Con)]

rose—

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[Mr Speaker]

I call Nigel Huddleston.

[Nigel Huddleston]

Does the Prime Minister agree that compromise on both sides, whether in politics, business or any human relationship, does not mean giving in, giving up and being humiliated, but is a perfectly sensible and reasonable route to getting a mutually beneficial and desirable outcome?

[The Prime Minister]

Yes. By definition, negotiations mean both sides sitting down, talking about the issues and coming to an agreement that both can accept. Very often, that does mean both sides having to accept some degree of compromise.