Question follow-through · 12308
Freight: Channel Tunnel
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with freight companies on the cost of transporting small vans across the Channel.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 1 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 8 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with freight companies on the cost of transporting small vans across the Channel.
5 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Nov 2024
Answer published
As Minister for the Future of Roads I regularly meet with freight companies and trade associations, as do officials. Noting that lorries and vans crossing the Channel continue to be a key route for importing and exporting goods, I am keen to continue thes...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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