The Brexit select committee said that in the absence of another plan, extending the current customs union "will be the only viable option".

I was especially intrigued by this paragraph:

In a paragraph which three of the cross-party committee tried to get removed from the report, the MPs noted the government had not yet agreed which customs model it prefers "despite this being absolutely integral to the future EU-UK relationship and the UK's trade relationship with the rest of the world".


I think we can guess who at least two of the three are, but that's of less interest. It was why they wanted the paragraph removed that intrigued me.

Could it be that they think the government has agreed a customs model? Obviously not.

Do they think the model is not integral to our future trading relationships? Probably not.

So what, I wonder, did they want removed, and why?