Brexit

(asked on 23rd October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October to Question 179064 on Brexit, whether the Government has made an assessment of the steps required to extend the transition period in the event that the arrangements for a future partnership between the UK and the EU are not in place.


Answered by
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 30th October 2018

In the Joint Report of December 2017, the EU and UK agreed the need for provisions in the Withdrawal Agreement preventing a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. As the Prime Minister said during her Statement to the House on 22nd October 2018, we do not want to extend the implementation period, nor do we believe that extending it will be necessary. We are working at pace to ensure that the necessary arrangements for our future partnership are in place for 31 December 2020.

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