Oral Answers to Questions

Michael Fabricant Excerpts

Thursday 28th January 2021 Commons Chamber

[Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con)]

What steps his Department is taking to support hauliers transporting goods to and from the EU; and if he will make a statement.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Rachel Maclean)]

We have rolled out a large-scale haulier communications campaign, opened 46 information and advice sites around the country and published our haulier handbook in 14 languages—all the languages that hauliers will be speaking when they come to the UK. We are also offering free covid-19 testing for hauliers at many of our information and advice sites.

[Michael Fabricant [V]]

My hon. Friend may well know about the Road King truck stop, which is along the A5, not far from Burntwood. I was going to ask her a question about what work she is doing, but she has already answered it, so instead I will ask her this: when we are allowed to do so, will she join me for breakfast at the Road King?

[Rachel Maclean]

How could I possibly turn down such a wonderful invitation? I can tell my hon. Friend that I have already visited an information and advice site in Hopwood. It is a fantastic service, and there are thousands of hauliers visiting these sites up and down the country, including the Road King at Cannock. I would like to join him there, and hopefully he can tell me what the best breakfast is.