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Transport Secretary's commons grilling over no deal Brexit plans ｜#BREXIT
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40:53Now PlayingShadow transport secretary Andy McDonald has attacked the government's decision to award Seaborne Freight a contract to run ferries in the event of a nodeal Brexit telling MPs it "violates every current best practice guidance issued by Whitehall". (Subscribe)
McDonald, who secured an Urgent Question in the Commons on the matter, said: "This is a shoddy and tawdry affair and the Secretary of State is making a complete mess of it."
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said he would not "address the idiocy" of Mr McDonald's comments, but added: "This Government has let a contract for which we will pay no money until and unless ferries are running, that is responsible stewardship of public money."
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