EU Exit Negotiations

Andrew Murrison Excerpts
Tuesday 5th December 2017

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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I can understand the hon. Lady’s confusion if she has not been listening for the past half hour. The simple truth is that we will need to establish arrangements whereby we get the same or similar outcomes for some areas of industry and service—no more, no less.

Andrew Murrison Portrait Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire) (Con)
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What can be done to help our good friends, the Irish Government, to climb down from the position that they were unwittingly misled into adopting yesterday?

David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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The aim of the negotiation is together to get to an outcome that serves our interests, the EU27’s interests and particularly Ireland’s interests because, as my hon. Friend says, they are our good friends and the people who, in some ways, are closest to us.