Extract from Emergency Debate on EU Withdrawal Agreement - Dec 18
Wednesday, 19 December 2018 08:33
Kevin Foster (Torbay) (Con):...For me, it is about being clear
about the change we want to see. Extraneous issues—matters totally
irrelevant to whether the border is kept open in Ireland, as all
Members agree is important—could be used to veto future trading
arrangements with the European Union, which would result in our
staying in the backstop. None of us would think it is genuinely
best endeavours if we ended up sitting in a backstop arrangement
because, for example, a future Spanish...Request free trial
(Torbay) (Con):...For
me, it is about being clear about the change we want to see.
Extraneous issues—matters totally irrelevant to whether the border
is kept open in Ireland, as all Members agree is important—could be
used to veto future trading arrangements with the European Union,
which would result in our staying in the backstop. None of us would
think it is genuinely best endeavours if we ended up sitting in a
backstop arrangement because, for example, a future Spanish
Government did not think they had enough on Gibraltar or a future French President did
not quite like the fishing agreement. The Northern Ireland backstop
would not cover the common fisheries policy—I know the Scottish
National party’s enthusiasm for staying in the European Union’s
common fisheries policy—if we were forced into it...
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