Brexit Readiness: Operation Yellowhammer Debate
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Tom Brake
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(5 years, 2 months ago)
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Michael Gove
It was a pleasure to meet my right hon. Friend and other Kent MPs earlier this week. More than 80% of the hauliers who ply their trade through the short strait come from EU countries, which is why we have created offices in those EU countries to provide hauliers and traders with information, why we have published guidance in more than 10 EU languages, and why we are contacting traders in the UK who use those hauliers to make sure they are ready. Steps are also being taken to ensure that the traffic management in Kent under the aegis of the Kent resilience forum is as effective as possible. That said, further steps do need to be taken, and I hope to update him and the House as they are taken.
Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD)
How will the British people be safer than ever before if we lose access to EU crime-fighting databases in a no-deal scenario?