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  Charlie tweeted: "Cross-Channel operators say they can 'absolutely' deliver Brexit border preparations. We must keep the £240bn of trade that passes through the @Port_of_Dover and @LeShuttle flowing."
  
  The actual evidence to the Select Committee went like this:
  
  Q678 Charlie Elphicke: Let us say the day after the referendum orders had gone out from the Treasury and the Home Office to immediately prepare for all scenarios and prepare for no deal whatsoever, would we have been in a position from March next year to be prepared for every eventuality? Do you think we could have done that?
  
  John Keefe: It all depends on what the requirement is at the time. The specification is where we are at the moment. Once we have that specification, as in industry we are very flexible. We are adaptable and we work across international borders; that is part of the world we are in. The important part is knowing which way to invest and the specification becomes everything.
  
  Q679 Charlie Elphicke: With a clear specification for Brexit and what is expected of you, you would say, “We can deliver”.
  
  John Keefe: Absolutely.

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