The meeting will be attended by Sajid Javid, Jeremy Hunt, Liam Fox, Michael Gove, David Lidington, Gavin Williamson, Greg Clark, Dominic Raab, Karen Bradley and Julian Smith, the Chief Whip. Brussels has always insisted that any proposal must be time-limited. David Davis, the former Brexit Secretary, almost quit over the issue in June of last year before securing concessions.He later resigned over the Prime Minister's Chequers plan. Mr Johnson said: "Clearly No10 are negotiating a backstop that makes the UK a permanent EU colony. We cannot escape EU laws and [the European Court of Justice] until they allow us to – which they may never do. That’s not what the biggest majority in our history voted for.”
Members of Theresa May 's Cabinet are considering resigning in protest of her controversial backstop plan requiring the UK to remain in a customs union with the EU without an end date . The plan is a concession by the government to avoid establishing a hard border in Northern Ireland , a final major sticking point in agreement talks . The plan will be presented at next year 's EU summit , but it faces much criticism over fears that breach of a free trade agreement will see the UK bound to the EU indefinitely .