The previous Secretary of States 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 Minister Chris Heaton-Harris on the 24th August.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4091", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Robin Walker"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Worcester"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Robin Walker"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-12-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-12-14T09:06:49.587Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "203"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Exiting the European Union "} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Exiting the European Union "} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Port of Dover: Domestic Visits"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2018 to Question 196873 on Dover Port: Domestic Visits, if he will publish the dates of visits to the port of Dover by his predecessors.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4470", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alan Brown"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kilmarnock and Loudoun"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Alan Brown"} ], "uin" : "200678"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1022870", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Exiting the European Union "} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1022870/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
DExEU ministers have undertaken 24 visits to 20 ports since the department started:<\/p>
06/10/2016 - David Jones - Manchester Airport<\/p>
06/10/2016 - Lord Bridges - Port of Tilbury<\/p>
01/11/2016 - Lord Bridges - Port of Felixstowe<\/p>
20/12/2016 - David Jones - Port of Southampton<\/p>
29/03/2018 - Suella Braverman - Port of Southampton<\/p>
21/12/2016 - David Jones - Port of Liverpool<\/p>
21/12/2016 - David Jones - Liverpool John Lennon Airport<\/p>
31/07/2017 - Robin Walker - Poole Harbour<\/p>
28/09/2017 - Robin Walker - Belfast Harbour<\/p>
26/01/2018 - David Davies - Teesport<\/p>
10/04/2018 - Suella Braverman - Heathrow Airport<\/p>
03/09/2018 - Chris Heaton-Harris - Heathrow Airport<\/p>
24/04/2018 - Suella Braverman - Eurotunnel<\/p>
24/08/2018 - Chris Heaton-Harris - Eurotunnel<\/p>
14/05/2018 - Suella Braverman - Port of Dover<\/p>
24/08/2018 - Chris Heaton-Harris - Port of Dover<\/p>
01/06/2018 - Suella Braverman - Port of Immingham<\/p>
01/06/2018 - Suella Braverman - Port of Grimsby<\/p>
20/08/2018 - Chris Heaton-Harris - East Midlands Airport<\/p>
17/08/2018 - Chris Heaton-Harris - DP World London Gateway<\/p>
04/10/2018 - Chris Heaton-Harris - Port of Holyhead<\/p>
12/10/2018 - Chris Heaton-Harris - Portsmouth International Port<\/p>
02/11/2018 - Dominic Raab - Warrenpoint Harbour<\/p>
02/11/2018 - Dominic Raab - Port of Larne<\/p>
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The Secretary of State has not visited the Port of Dover during his time in position. 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 Minister Chris Heaton-Harris on the 24th August. If the UK were to remain part of the EU Customs Union, our trade policy would, as a consequence, be determined by the EU.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Some third countries have highlighted this issue. For example, in March 2018 the then Australian High Commissioner publicly said that if we were to the leave the EU but remain within the Customs Union, \u201call Australia\u2019s trade negotiating would be done through Brussels and the capital cities of the major EU member states\u201d as a result.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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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.
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