Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the details of arrangements for clearing goods quickly through UK ports after 29 March 2019.

Government ministers and officials have been engaging extensively with key UK ports to discuss the challenges that the introduction of customs declarations would pose Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo) port environment as well as potential mitigations for Day 1of a ‘no deal’.

We have also begun communicating targeted technical delivery critical messages and actions to groups of impacted stakeholders and businesses, for example on RoRo, Excise and VAT software, through our technical notices. By the end of the year, HMRC will provide more information on what people can do should they wish to make preparations and when they should do this.