Stephen Barclay is up in the Commons answering an UQ on NI-GB checks under the Brexit deal
Barclay says there'll be "minimal targeted interventions" on goods heading west to east
An MP yells "checks!"
Barclay says there'll be "minimal targeted interventions" on goods heading west to east
An MP yells "checks!"
Priti Patel has submitted to the Home Affairs Select Committee a clarification on goods heading from NI to GB
She says west to east trade will be "unfettered" with no "checks" — but there'll be a "minimal administrative process" on some goods
Same line used by Downing St yday
She says west to east trade will be "unfettered" with no "checks" — but there'll be a "minimal administrative process" on some goods
Same line used by Downing St yday
Barclay: each NI-GB exit summary declaration will be a "single form" submitted "electronically" and won't require "physical checks"
True, but someone will need to check them...
Key point: As @denisstaunton & others have said, UK and EU may well agree to waive these declarations
True, but someone will need to check them...
Key point: As @denisstaunton & others have said, UK and EU may well agree to waive these declarations
@denisstaunton DUP's Nigel Dodds:
"There will be checks because we are going to have exit summary declarations from NI to GB.
"He now calls them administrative processes but they are exit declarations that'll need to be checked."
He adds: "Please wake up and realise what is happening here."
"There will be checks because we are going to have exit summary declarations from NI to GB.
"He now calls them administrative processes but they are exit declarations that'll need to be checked."
He adds: "Please wake up and realise what is happening here."
Great point by @faisalislam. Government still not reading from the same script...
@faisalislam Yvette Cooper gets to the heart of the matter
She points out contradictions on this Q and tells Barclay "fudging the language on this is a serious problem when trust is needed"
She points out contradictions on this Q and tells Barclay "fudging the language on this is a serious problem when trust is needed"
@faisalislam Hows that confidence & supply looking?
The DUP's David Simpson tells Barclay that his constituents are asking him "why has the Conservative & Unionist party done this to Northern Ireland?
"Are we the sacrificial lamb that had to be made to get the deal over the line?
The DUP's David Simpson tells Barclay that his constituents are asking him "why has the Conservative & Unionist party done this to Northern Ireland?
"Are we the sacrificial lamb that had to be made to get the deal over the line?
@faisalislam Tory MP @PM4EastRen says there's "nothing stopping" HMG setting out now how it intends to avoid NB-GB checks, either unilaterally or in its desired FTA with the EU
Barclay later hints that HMG might give financial support to SMEs who need to carry out declarations
UQ over
Barclay later hints that HMG might give financial support to SMEs who need to carry out declarations
UQ over
