UK ports face 'major disruption' in case of no-deal Brexit, MPs warn
There is a "real prospect" of "major disruption" at UK ports in the case of a no-deal Brexit, according to MPs.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said government preparations for avoiding disruption around major ports were "worryingly under-developed".Committee members also said there was a "real risk" the Department for Transport (DfT) would not be ready for a hard Brexit. The DfT said the committee's conclusions were not "accurate".
In a statement it said it was "both disappointed and surprised" that the PAC had "failed to reflect" the evidence in the National Audit Office's report "which found that the department has made a determined effort in its preparations and achieved a great deal".
The UK is set to leave the EU on 29 March 2019.
'Too little, too late'
The PAC recommended that the DfT should write to it before Christmas "setting out the results of any testing of Project Brock, and how wider plans to keep ports across the UK open for business have progressed".The Road Haulage Association's chief executive Richard Burnett said the report had confirmed what many members had told the body. "Information has been patchy, often unhelpful, confusing and generally too little, too late," he said. "This has left hauliers at the sharp end of a bad Brexit outcome, struggling to keep the supply chain operating and their firms in business."
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News From: Eastbourne JWD Removals
Date: 28 November 2018
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