I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, but it is very interesting that, a week or 10 days ago, the papers released from the European Union and from the Republic of Ireland never mentioned the words “border checks” and never mentioned the land border in Northern Ireland. They mentioned the ports and the airports, but they did not mention this hard Brexit or this hard deal. We hear so often about this hard Brexit and this problem with the border. Who is going to implement this? The British Government have said they are not going to do it, the Irish Government have said they are not going to do it and the European Union is not going to do it, so who is going to enforce this hard border and this hard Brexit?
European Union (Withdrawal) Act
Proceeding contribution from
David Simpson
(Democratic Unionist Party)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 14 January 2019.
It occurred during Debates on treaty on European Union (Withdrawal) Act.
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