Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 17081

Freight: English Channel

Tabled: 8 July 2026
Answered: 4 August 2026

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

ConservativeFylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the EU Entry/Exit System on freight movements through the Short Straits.

Answer

Keir Mather
The government has not made a formal assessment of the impact of the EU Entry/Exit System on freight movements through the short straits as this is an EU system. Hauliers have completed EES checks since October at the short straits portals of Eurotunnel a...

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