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Brexit must not lead to red tape, say ports

[ July 29, 2016   //   Chris ]

The British Ports Association has urged the Government to ensure that Brexit will not result in extra red tape and bureaucracy at the UK’sborders

Chairman Rodney Lunn today said: “Anyone who has witnessed the disruption recently to cross Channel services as a result of border control issues will see how important facilitating the movement of people and freight is, and how interruption and delay can have major implications for us as a leading trading nation.

“We therefore urge the government to ensure as far as possible that Brexit will not result in extra red tape and bureaucracy at our borders. We urge that in future negotiations the current ease and rapidity with which trade goods pass through our ports is fully preserved.”

He added that BPA had, along with industry colleagues across had a very useful first post Brexit meeting with Department for Transport officials and the devolved administrations.

 

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