Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the number of (a) official and (b) unofficial crossing points between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland on the viability of any hard border between the UK and the EU.
Answered by Robin Walker
As we made clear in both in our position paper and the Prime Minister’s speech in Florence, we must aim to avoid any physical infrastructure on the land border between Northern Ireland and Ireland and we welcome the Commission’s commitment to this in their Guiding principles paper.
The UK was also clear in the White Paper that we want to continue to see the everyday movements across the land border, and we recognise the importance of these movements to the economy in Northern Ireland.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will take steps to ensure that job creation and economic development across the whole of the UK is a priority during negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by David Jones
As the Prime Minister has highlighted, during negotiations she will represent every person in the whole United Kingdom and we are working with the administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to deliver an outcome that works for the whole of the UK. The Government has also set this out in the ‘Plan for Britain’, which identifies the desire to ensure that big decisions benefit the whole country, creating jobs and supporting cities towns and communities right across the United Kingdom.