EU Exit Negotiations

Tom Brake Excerpts
Monday 13th November 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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I made my hon. Friend’s last point to one of the member states only last week.

Tom Brake Portrait Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD)
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When I recently met residents in Forkhill in south Armagh who were very badly affected during the troubles, they had no solution to the question of the Ireland-Northern Ireland border, and nor has anyone else who I have met since. Can the Secretary of State set out how it is possible for us to leave the customs union and for there still to be a frictionless, no-touch, no-control border between Ireland and Northern Ireland?

David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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We have published a whole paper on the subject. There is a whole range of options available for the country, including using trusted trader schemes, using electronic pre-notification and using exemptions for small businesses. There is a whole series of them that we have talked about at length—the right hon. Gentleman just has to read them.