Brexit: Options Debate
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Baroness Butler-Sloss
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Brexit: Options
Baroness Butler-Sloss Excerpts(5 years, 2 months ago)
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Lord Callanan
My noble friend makes a good point, although the definition of a hard border is of course complicated; it is generally understood as being related to the installation of border infrastructure.
Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB)
My Lords, why are the Government not asking for an extension?
Lord Callanan
Because we do not believe that an extension would solve our problems; it would only delay the date by which a decision must be made. As I have said before, the legal default in legislation passed by both Houses is that we leave on 29 March, with or without a deal.