Minister said he was making analogy and got caught up in heat of debate over green cards for motorists post Brexit
Apologised
Mr Ross later said he was making an analogy but insisted that he and his officials had raised the green card issue directly with the EU. He later apologised for his remark. “I’m sorry for any offence caused by my analogy. I was caught up in the heat of the debate.
He said the Government has “raised this matter directly with the European Commission seeking agreement from it to set a date from which green cards would not be required as is possible under the EU’s Motor Insurance Directive. “We do not like it. In political terms it is something which we deplore, but it is not something we can influence outside this jurisdiction.”
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