Prime Minister’s Statement

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 9:55 am on 19 October 2019.

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Photo of Boris Johnson Boris Johnson Leader of the Conservative Party, The Prime Minister 9:55, 19 October 2019

I am afraid there is a complete conceptual confusion here. Scotland, Northern—the whole of the UK is coming out of the customs union. Particular arrangements are being put in place to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland, which I think is an objective that the whole House supports. As for the people of Scotland, they had a referendum, as the hon. and learned Lady knows full well, in 2014, and they voted very substantially to remain in the United Kingdom. That was the correct decision. They were told it was a once-in-a-generation decision, and I see no reason whatever to betray that promise that was made to them then.