En het vervolg: De turbo erop en Greg Hands geeft deze uitleg aan de ontmoeting:
Stephen Barclay, the Brexit Secretary, and his officials will now be ordered to “turbocharge” work on how to find alternative arrangements to the Northern Ireland backstop.
Their work is expected to focus on examining proposals in a 270-page report drawn up by Greg Hands, the former Tory minister, and Nicky Morgan, now the culture secretary.
It is understood the officials will be asked to update David Frost, the prime minister’s Europe adviser, on progress, as he plans to hold meetings with European countries next week, after the G7 meeting of world leaders.
Greg Hands, the former minister and co-chair of the Alternative Arrangements Commission, says in an article in the Daily Mail that, although EU officials have dismissed the AAC’s plans for an alternative to the backstop, others are more supportive - including Angela Merkel.