Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the prioritisation of fresh produce as part of Operation Brock.

The Secretary of State has had regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues about traffic disruption at the border. Defra’s focus throughout the recent disruption has been to work with the Kent Resilience Forum to mitigate the disruption in Kent as quickly as possible to support all hauliers and Operation Brock has been effective in managing traffic flows.