Seaborne Freight Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Seaborne Freight

John Bercow Excerpts
Tuesday 8th January 2019

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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Mr Speaker, that is an inappropriate thing for any Member to say, and I am not going to respond to it.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I simply say that the Secretary of State is perfectly entitled to his assessment of whether it is appropriate in political terms. No breach of order has taken place procedurally, but the Secretary of State has made his judgment, and I accept that.

Sarah Wollaston Portrait Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (Con)
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I am glad to hear the Secretary of State confirm that no money will change hands, but there will undoubtedly be vast manpower and bureaucracy costs in no-deal planning, and we know that there are actual costs when it comes to commissioning refrigerated warehousing and special air freight. All that could be avoided if the Government ruled out no deal. No deal would be catastrophic, and no sensible Government should inflict that on their people.