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Written Question
Dover Port: Domestic Visits
Friday 14th December 2018

Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2018 to Question 196873 on Dover Port: Domestic Visits, if he will publish the dates of visits to the port of Dover by his predecessors.

Answered by Robin Walker

The previous Secretary of States did not visit the Port of Dover. Ministers in the Department for Exiting the EU with responsibility for ports visited the Port of Dover twice this year; former Minister Suella Braverman on the 14th May and Minister Chris Heaton-Harris on the 24th August.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"6. If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations contained in the Scottish Government document, “Scotland’s place in Europe: assessment of UK Government’s proposed future relationship with the EU”. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"The European parliamentary research service has estimated that a potential value of up to €1.1 trillion per year could be realised from further easement of cross-border movement of goods and services, completing the EU digital single market and increasing cross-border public procurement. Surely, the UK Government should listen to the …..."
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Written Question
Dover Port: Domestic Visits
Tuesday 4th December 2018

Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish the dates of the visits he has made to the port of Dover since May 2015.

Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng

The Secretary of State has not visited the Port of Dover during his time in position. Ministers in the Department for Exiting the EU with responsibility for ports visited the Port of Dover twice this year. Former Minister Suella Braverman on the 14th May and Minister Chris Heaton-Harris on the 24th August.

DExEU ministers have visited 19 ports to date as part of a wider programme of engagement carried out by other Government ministers and officials to ports around the United Kingdom. Ministers from across Government have also carried out extensive engagement on EU exit with businesses and industry bodies from all sectors of the economy, including ports and the maritime industry, and will continue to do so.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"What discussions has the Minister had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and with the Scottish Government about replacing the European maritime and fisheries fund and devolving the equivalent budgets?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"T8. We now know that the Government are drawing up plans to charter ships to import emergency food and medicines in the event of a no-deal scenario. So what level of lunacy is required before the Government actually wake up to the right solution, which is staying in the EU, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Oct 2018
EU Exit Negotiations

"In his statement, the Secretary of State said that the Government are expediting their no deal preparations. He also referenced the technical note on aviation, which advises airlines that they will need to secure permissions from the national authorities of each state they want to fly to, as well as …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Jul 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"23. What contingency plans his Department has made for no deal being reached on the UK leaving the EU. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Jul 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Government’s own analysis shows that no deal would be a financial disaster, and this week the Governor of the Bank of England warned that a no deal Brexit would have “big economic consequences” for the UK. The White Paper was a sham: it just talked about “exploring options”. Does …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Jul 2018
EU: Future Relationship White Paper

"It has taken this Government two years to publish what is just a big set of wish lists. Paragraph 63:

“the UK proposes a new economic…arrangement with the EU in financial services”;

paragraph 130:

“explore options for…an Air Transport Agreement”;

paragraph 134:

“explore options for reciprocal access for road hauliers”;

…..."
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