Border Target Operating Model

Part of Cabinet Office – in the House of Commons am ar 29 Chwefror 2024.

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Photo of Nia Griffith Nia Griffith Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)

I am absolutely astonished—I really am astonished—at the complacency about the impact on UK food bills, because the Government’s own projections say that this border scheme will cost UK businesses some £330 million per year, while the British Chambers of Commerce has highlighted charges for EU goods coming into the UK. What assessment has the Minister made of the full inflationary impact of these measures on UK food bills, and with further checks due to start in April, what preparations are in hand to prevent a repeat of the chaotic scenes at our ports that we have seen before on this Government’s watch?