Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown raises concerns about business preparedness and urges businesses to either do the paperwork themselves or get an intermediary to do it on their behalf.
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds) (Con)
The figures that my right hon. Friend has given today on business preparedness for 31 December are concerning. Is not the important advice that he has given that those businesses should either do the paperwork themselves or get an intermediary to do it on their behalf?
Michael Gove
My hon. Friend is right. We want to help and support business. That is why we have provided the funding that we have. One reason for publishing the reasonable worst-case scenario today is to draw attention to the fact that, if we do not all work together, there will be disruption, but if we do work together, there are huge opportunities to be seized.