Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:23 pm on 8 January 2019.
Baroness Sugg
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
3:23,
8 January 2019
I assure noble Lords that this is not a joke but part of our contingency planning. We are concerned that in the event of no deal, there will be disruption at the port of Dover. Our first priority is to minimise that disruption on the narrow straits, but we are aware it is a real issue, which is why we are making these contingency plans and why we are looking at alternative ways of ensuring that trade carried on ro-ros can continue to come and go from this country.