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Former First Secretary of State Damian Green has told The Westminster Hour that he thinks the UK will end up with a type of so-called 'max-fac' relationship with the EU after Brexit. The 'maximum facilitation' option would use new technology to avoid regular customs checks, and has been mooted by the government as an alternative to the UK entering into a customs partnership with the EU. Mr Green told Carolyn Quinn: "I think the most likely end point will be maximum facilitation - some variant of that... I personally am not yet convinced that you could have that in place by the end of 2020 at the end of the implementation period, and therefore you might need to bolt on to that another period, a sort of transition period, so that we know, not only that it works, but that it works from day one. That's really important and I think that's more important than any ideological posturing that seems to be going on over this."