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Duties of Customs

Proceeding contribution from Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Monday, 20 November 2017. It occurred during Debate on bills on Duties of Customs.

Presumably they would have no difficulty in smuggling their cake from one side of the border to the other.

If some of those 275 border posts were closed down, many issues would ensue. I have heard examples of graveyards with entrances on both sides of the border, and of children going to school and people going to work across the border from where they live. If border crossings were closed, as happened during the troubles, that would be a major issue for Ireland and Northern Ireland. If I were to speak for the next couple of hours, that might give the Minister time to work out what the solution is. Clearly there is not one yet, but perhaps that would enable him to go away and find one.

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Reference

631 c792 

Session

2017-19

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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