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star this property date less than 2019-02-14more like thismore than 2019-02-14
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Department for Exiting the European Union more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Exiting the European Union remove filter
star this property answering dept sort name Exiting the European Union more like this
star this property hansard heading Borders: Northern Ireland more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish details of any contracts they have signed relating to technological solutions to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland; and whether any of those contracts include matters beyond proofs of concept. more like this
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Lord Bassam of Brighton remove filter
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star this property answer text <p>The Government has been in discussions with technology companies for many months. While no contracts have yet been signed, in the event of doing so we will follow the usual process.</p><p>Parliament has been clear in what is needed to unite behind a Withdrawal Agreement: namely, legally binding changes to the backstop. The Prime Minister has set out three ways in which legally binding changes to the backstop could be achieved. First, the backstop could be replaced with alternative arrangements to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. Secondly, there could be a legally binding time limit to the existing backstop, or thirdly, there could be a legally binding unilateral exit clause to that backstop.</p><p>The Prime Minister and President Juncker agreed that our teams should hold further talks to find a way forward, both will meet again before the end of February to take stock of those discussions.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Callanan more like this
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less than 2019-02-22T12:34:54.74Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-22T12:34:54.74Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Callanan more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton more like this