what that represents for mr duncan smith —— foer what that represents for mr duncan smith —— for mr o. for other conservative mps, thatis into. for other conservative mps, that is not the case. how can they be misunderstanding, if they are, this concept that is now written clearly? i think because the withdrawal agreement, a legal treaty, and there is the potential buried that it could last a very long time, the backstop. because both sides have to agree for it to come to an end. if this single customs territory, a temporary customs territory, a temporary customs union, isn't lamented. and neither side can withdraw from it unilaterally. but an important point is that it is notjust the uk that doesn't like the backstop, the eu really doesn't either. for three reasons, one, it would mean them some contracting control of their borders around northern ireland to a third country, the knighted kingdom. —— sub contracting. they still think the uk could somehow get some kind of competitive advantage by being half in and half out. thirdly, most importantly, for their future trade relations wi

mr duncan smith. but. can i say that i have always wished well to my right although friend and my question is in this light to say that deep deep misgivings on reading much of this overnight there is a real issue with the way that we will be treated in with the backstop and i say to her that when you read this you realize that we are locking ourselves in to an arrangement from which we seem unable therefore to have the sovereign right to withdraw that seems to me to be the biggest single issue here which strips away the one thing that we said when we wanted to vote for leaving was that we took back control so can i say to my right elbow friend my concern is that we have the sovereign right when we want to leave the un we have the sovereign right when we want to leave nato we have even the sovereign right when we want to leave the e.u. but we do not have the sovereign right to leave this arrangement. prime minister my rational friend his and he says that the references to the back stop do read some difficul

mr. ian duncan smith. >> mr. speaker, can i say that i've always wished well to my right honorable friend. and my question is in this light. i have deep, deep misgivings on reading much of this overnight. that there is a real issue with the way that we will be treated in -- with the back stop. and i say to her that when you read this, you realize that we are locking ourselves in to an arrangement from which we seem unable therefore to have the sovereign right to withdraw. that seems to me to be the biggest single issue here, which strips away the one thing that we said when we wanted to vote for leaving, was that we took back control. so can i say to my right honorable friend, my concern is that we have the sovereign right when we want to leave the u.n. we have the sovereign right when we want to leave nato. we have even the sovereign right when we want to leave the e.u. but we do not have the sovereign right to leave this arrangement. >> prime minister. prime minister may: my right honorable friend, he says that

mr iain duncan smith. to agreement at all. but the point i want to make to my honourable friend is this. if the government going down the road towards negotiation is heading towards that point when the backstop will become invoked, does that not genuinely mean that mr macron is right, that we will come under intolerable pressure to agree almost anything to avoid our entry into what my right honourable friend rightly says is something we never wa nt to rightly says is something we never want to be in? i say to my right honourable friend, i do recognise the depth of concern that there has been and remains about some members of the house about this issue of the backstop, but i disagree with him about the position that would entail. first of all because as i indicated in my statement, and it is largely thanks to my right honourable friend and our right honourable friend and our right honourable friend and our right honourable friend the member for north shropshire that we are in this position of having within t

cheering mr iain duncan smith. i say that i have always wished well to my right honourable friend and my question is in this light. i have deep misgivings on reading much of this overnight. there is a real issue with the way that we will be treated with the backstop. and i say to her, that when you read this you realise that we are locking ourselves into an arrangement from which we seem unable to have the sovereign right to withdraw. that seems to me to be the biggest single issue, which strips away the one thing that we said when we want to devote, when we were living that we took back control, so can i say to my right honourable friend, my concern is that we had the sovereign right when he wanted, to leave the un, to leave nato, when the what, to leave the eu, but we do not have the sovereign right to leave this arrangement. prime minister. my right honourable friend says the references to the backstop turei some difficult issues and i fully accept that they do, and i fully accept that they do, and i fully accep

smith --n duncan >> mr. speaker, can i recognize my right honorable gentleman and return her to the point about the backstop. does she recognize the genuine and real concern held on all sides of the house about what would happen if the u.k. was to be forced into the backstop? listen careful to what my right honorable friend said, she said the u.k. doesn't want it, the eu doesn't want it, and we heard that ireland said that no matter what agreement, they would never have any hard border. it makes you wonder, why is it in the withdrawal agreement at all? the question is this -- if the roadnment going down the toward negotiation is heading towards that point when the backstop will become invoked, does that not generally mean that mr. macron is right that we will come under total pressure to agree almost to anything to yvoid our entry into what m honorable friend says we never want to be in? myme minister may: to honorable friend, i do recognize the concern that has been and remains on the issue of the backstop

booing mr iain duncan smith.hdrawal agreement. ido bound into the withdrawal agreement. i do say to my right honourable friend, for all the effort and work, the reality is that this is not the withdrawal agreement. the withdrawal agreement will make it very clear that should read, even under these terms, struggle with in negotiation for a free—trade arrangement and not complete that process, we will fall into the northern ireland backstop as it exists at the moment. that will mean, simply, that we will be bound by those restrictions that force northern ireland through a separate arrangement and us into the customs union. i simply say, therefore, i would customs union. i simply say, therefore, iwould hope customs union. i simply say, therefore, i would hope that she would now consider that none of this isa would now consider that none of this is a tall workable, unless we get the withdrawal agreement now amended, so that any arrangements we make strip out that backstop and leave us with that positive, open the bor

mr deputy speaker, that they would rather see... mark so that is liz truss in the commons debate, in duncan smith asked to address the issue of when thenoon, some showers pro—western codes but further ease, some showers and it may not be until this evening until we see the rain moving away from the of essex, the east. a scattering of showers for the curse of northern ireland and western scotland. temperatures in cities and towns down, —4 —54 hour prior and cold spots. a good deal of sunshine tomorrow as high cloud builds from the west. plenty of sunshine, although that sunshine will slowly turn hazy as high cloud spills in from the west, but for most of us, through daylight hours, it's going to be a dry day with a gentle breeze and after that cold start, temperatures recovering to between nine and 12 celsius. the breeze will be picking up as well but if you have firework display plans tomorrow evening, away from here, it should be dry and just a gentle breeze but those winds will be picking up further overnight, all tied in with this area of low pressure. it was hurricane oscar, no longer a hurricane but it will bring some strong wind