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<p>The Prime Minister reaffirmed her commitments to the Northern Ireland and Ireland
border in her speech at Mansion House, recognising the unique circumstances in Northern
Ireland, and our shared commitments to avoiding a hard border.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint
Report also made clear that it is our intention to avoid a hard border and any physical
infrastructure or related checks and controls between Northern Ireland and Ireland
through our overall UK-EU relationship. If this does not prove possible, we will then
propose specific solutions to address the unique circumstances of the island of Ireland.
In the absence of agreed solutions, the UK will maintain full alignment with those
rules of the internal market and the customs union which, now or in the future, support
North-South co-operation, the all-island economy and the protection of the 1998 [Belfast]
Agreement. We have always been clear that we will not agree anything that threatens
the constitutional or economic integrity of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We have pledged
to translate all of the commitments made in the Joint Report we published with the
EU Commission in December into a legally binding Withdrawal Agreement. This includes
all of those on Northern Ireland and Ireland. We remain absolutely committed to doing
so.</p>
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