Jesse Norman
Let me remind him that, so far, the trader support service has processed something like, I think, 700,000 consignments, 59,000 traders have been registered, there is the Brexit support fund and there is the new movement assistance scheme, as he will know, for food and agriculture trade. We retain a focus on making those systems, rules and support work as effectively and as widely as possible.
[Official Report, 22 June 2021, Vol. 697, c. 736.]
Letter of correction from the Financial Secretary to the Treasury:
An error has been identified in my response to the hon. Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley).
The correct response should have been:
Jesse Norman
Let me remind him that, so far, the trader support service has processed something like, I think, 700,000 consignments, 39,000 traders have been registered, there is the Brexit support fund and there is the new movement assistance scheme, as he will know, for food and agriculture trade. We retain a focus on making those systems, rules and support work as effectively and as widely as possible.