Leaving the EU

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:47 pm on 9 July 2018.

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Photo of Paul Sweeney Paul Sweeney Shadow Minister (Scotland) 3:47, 9 July 2018

The Prime Minister must now know that her fate is inextricably tied to the success or failure of her maximum facilitation customs proposal. I understand that she has been eager to solicit the views of the other 27 EU member states, so how many member states has she consulted? Given that her own Cabinet has failed to support the idea over the past 24 hours, is she confident that member states will continue to support it in the next round of negotiations?