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Lord McLoughlin Excerpts
Tuesday 8th January 2019

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord McLoughlin Portrait Sir Patrick McLoughlin (Derbyshire Dales) (Con)
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The importance of Dover-Calais is unquestionable. What estimates has the Department made of the implications for the supply network of any reduction in capacity between Dover and Calais?

Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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My right hon. Friend knows that much of the just-in-time production goes through the strait of Dover, and estimates suggest an impact of a reduction of about 80% of capacity between the narrow strait. In my view, it is essential that we avoid that disruption, which would have implications right across the United Kingdom, including in Derbyshire and indeed Scotland, as we have heard.