If a hard border returns to Ireland, it will be because of Britain, not the EU.
We would hate a hard border as much as any nationalist would".
Walker says he too is opposed to any hard border with the Irish Republic.
This should prevent Brussels imposing a hard border for people in Ireland.
Even diehard loyalists say they are opposed to any "hard border" with the Irish Republic post-Brexit.
Ahead of the meeting, Martin McGuinness said the re-imposition of a "hard border" would "be totally and absolutely unacceptable".
The committee were also told a hard border could herald a return to the era of organised smuggling of fuel.
It really turns Delancey into a hard border," said Nat Rockett, an executive vice president at Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real estate firm.
"If there's a hard border, there's a hard border," says Nuttall. "I personally wouldn't have a problem if there was one … maybe southern Ireland would see how much we were prospering outside and decide that they no longer wanted to be ruled by Brussels either".
"Any return to a hard border, whatever form it would take, is obviously a major concern," says Conor Patterson, of the Newry chamber of commerce.
Two days before the EU referendum last month, May said it was "inconceivable" that there would be no hard border in the event of Brexit.
