Checks on Goods Entering UK

Neil Coyle Excerpts
Monday 29th April 2024

(2 weeks, 3 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mark Spencer Portrait Sir Mark Spencer
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I cannot give my right hon. Friend a date at this moment in time, but we are in detailed conversations—particularly with those at the port of Holyhead, which is an important UK port—and as soon as we have a date, I will update him from the Dispatch Box.

Neil Coyle Portrait Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (Lab)
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The Minister says that this policy will benefit Britain, but the Centre for Economic Performance says that our food prices are already 30% higher because of Brexit, and independent analysis shows that the Government’s approach will cost another £2.9 billion. Why is he ignoring British business estimates on this issue and hitting British customers with another Tory tax at this difficult time?