Former Swedish customs official Lars Karlsson presented a 46-page report to the European Parliament last year showing how technological solutions could maintain as open an Irish Border as possible and remove the need for a backstop.
Mr Karlsson appeared before the Northern Ireland Public Affairs Committee in Westminster today, initially saying he had visited and "studied the border".
But after questioning by Lady Sylvia Hermon, Mr Karlsson admitted:
- That he had only visited the Irish border once, two years ago,
- That he had not been along the entire border, and
- That he was there in a different capacity not related to the report anyway.
Lady Hermon asked: "So when you said you'd been there and studied it, you've not been along the entire border?"
To which Mr Karlsson replied: "No.
"I have not been there in relation to this specific issue, no."
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