Imports from EU to UK: Grace Period Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office
Thursday 16th September 2021

(3 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Frost Portrait Lord Frost (Con)
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My Lords, we obviously keep the flow of HGVs, lorries and trade at all our ports under very close scrutiny. I do not have figures to hand on that subject, but I know that trade is now flowing freely, delays are minimal and I pay tribute to the customs authorities not only of our Government but of our closest trading neighbours—France, Belgium and others—who show a degree of pragmatism in enabling this to happen, so that whatever difficulties there were at the start of the year are no longer significant and trade is flowing freely.

Baroness Fookes Portrait The Deputy Speaker (Baroness Fookes) (Con)
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My Lords, the time allowed for this Question has now elapsed.