Jess Phillips
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(5 years, 4 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
I think the best answer to my right hon. Friend is to say thank you. And I will be.
Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley) (Lab)
Does the Prime Minister think that going back and changing minutiae about the backstop will actually make any difference to the kind of people on the Government Benches who like to go around calling themselves Aslan and circle around her head caring nothing for this country, only their own position? This backstop rejig can-kicking will make absolutely no difference to those people and they know it, so what is the plan?
The Prime Minister
What people are concerned about is the potential indefinite nature of the backstop. There is no intention for it to be indefinite. There is no intention for it to be used in the first place. That is a genuine concern that is held by people across this House. I think it is entirely right that the Government address it.