The right hon. Gentleman is making an excellent speech. Has he heard the often-quoted statistic that if each truck were held back by just two minutes, we would have a 17-mile tailback? Is he as pessimistic as I am in thinking that two minutes is a remarkably short period of time to stop each truck, even simply to ask where it is going?
Duties of Customs
Proceeding contribution from
Martin Whitfield
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 20 November 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Duties of Customs.
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