Going proper Brexit panto now. PM now going through Labour’s Six Tests asking herself if it delivers on them, with Labour benches shouting “No” and the PM saying “Yes”.
IDS: “None of this is workable unless we get Withdrawal Deal amended to strip out backstop”
PM: “not automatically the case, might extend transition, or alternative [technological solution] arrangements...
PM: “not automatically the case, might extend transition, or alternative [technological solution] arrangements...
no idea why the PM is still calling it the implementation phase - she’s literally agreed a declaration that is yet to decide what precise plan we will eventually implement in perhaps 2021 or 2023. It’s actually the formal trade deal negotiation phase.
Sir Bill Cash says the declaration is self contradictory - as asserts sovereignty of both Eu and UK law and contradicts the repeal of the European Communities act by allowing for some form of ECJ jurisdiction
Owen Paterson called now by Speaker - asks PM to junk the backstop for hub trade facilitation idea. She says backstop is not automatic.
PM says “our fisherman” will get a “fairer share” of fish in our waters... and she says she is clear that fish access will not be traded for other forms of trade access
