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<p>The former Secretary of State 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 Chris Heaton-Harris
on the 24th August.</p><p>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.</p><p> </p>
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