Britain's Secretary of State for Leave the EU David Davis leaves number 10 Downing Street after a cabinet meeting in London, November 29, 2016. His department later issued a clarification.May is seeking a so-called implementation period of around two years after Britain's exit from the EU in March 2019, during which its access to the EU single market would stay largely unchanged while new arrangements are put in place. "This morning the Secretary of State (Davis) was asked about hypothetical scenarios. "It's not a good position to get into to be still negotiating during such an arrangement," Davis said. "If we were doing the negotiation during a period of transition, I suspect what we would get offered is a year extension and another year extension, each time paying a fee.

Source: Egypt Today October 25, 2017 17:48 UTC