EU Exit Negotiations Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

EU Exit Negotiations

Stephen Timms 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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My right hon. Friend makes a very good point. It was a joint report, and the basis on which we were looking to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland was very clear.

Stephen Timms Portrait Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab)
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Some people in the House who have been supporting the Government seem to think that the solution is to have a hard border in Northern Ireland but not to enforce it. Is not that prospect just a myth?

Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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The Government are committed to ensuring that we have no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, and that is what we are working for.