Neil Moors wrote:Leaving aside the Brexit debate and accepting that we are where we are, is there an argument to remove the juxtaposed border posts? That way if the French play up, it's on their own territory.
A: A growing one perhaps, due to the EU's impending Entry Exit System for people and which the Port comments is on course to "involve every British and other non-EU passenger that wishes to pass through the French border in Dover physically submitting digital profiles and undergoing biometric checks at the port under the supervision of Police Aux Frontieres officials. This will cause significant additional processing time per vehicle and raises serious concerns for traffic queues, as well as safety."
For the Transport Select Committee's report on Road freight supply chain, see
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmtrans/161/report.html.