UK Chancellor Hammond: Brexit deal in six to eight weeks is doable

Additional comments from the UK Chancellor Philip Hammond are crossing the wires with key quotes, via LiveSquawk, found below.

• Brexit agreement in coming weeks needs to be clear enough to bind parties, but not a detailed text.
• Six to eight weeks is quite large timescale for EU to reach difficult achievements.
• Brexit deal in six to eight weeks is doable.
• Political declaration about future relation between UK and EU needs enough detail for parliament to be able to take a view.
• I still anticipate a transitional arrangement as part of Brexit deal.