If I may, I will finish the point. As to my hon. Friend’s specific question about whether I believe we are ready, let me say that I believe we will be ready. I believe that the customs declaration system—the IT system that is coming into place—will be ready by January 2019, that we will start seeing businesses and traders migrating to that system around August next year, and that we will be in the position we want to be in come day one.
Duties of Customs
Proceeding contribution from
Mel Stride
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 20 November 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Duties of Customs.
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