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Written question asked by Baroness Coussins (Crossbench) on Thursday, 26 November 2020, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 December 2020. It was answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Conservative) on Monday, 7 December 2020 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

UK Trade with EU

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are preparing their guidance Transporting goods between Great Britain and the EU from 1 January 2021: guidance for hauliers and commercial drivers, published on 18 November, in languages other than English; and if so, (1) in which languages it will be available, and (2) whether the translations will be available before 1 January 2021.

Answer

The haulier handbook is only one part of the wider package the Government has put in place to help and guide hauliers, which also includes the roll out of 45 Information and Advice Sites and a multimillion pound information campaign, running across the UK and Europe.

The haulier handbook will be available in 14 languages and officials have already published translations in Welsh, Polish and Romanian on GOV.UK.

A full list of languages is below:

  • English
  • Welsh
  • Polish
  • Romanian
  • Czech
  • French
  • German
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Bulgarian
  • Dutch
  • Hungarian
  • Lithuanian
  • Turkish

All translations are planned to available online from week commencing Monday 30 November 2020.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL10743
Session
2019-21
Subjects
EU countries Information Languages Freight UK trade with EU Brexit
Link
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