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Implications of Brexit for Port Health

Meeting: 04/02/2020 - Cabinet (Item 11.)

11. Provision of Regulatory Services at Portsmouth International Port pdf icon PDF 184 KB

The purpose of the report by the Director of Culture, Leisure and Regulatory Services is to inform the Cabinet of:

 

  • the statutory responsibilities placed upon Regulatory Services at the Portsmouth International Port, and

 

  • post the General Election, provide a summary of how the activities of Regulatory Services is likely to be impacted by a free trade deal with restrictions as the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, and

 

  • to manage the expectations of all interested parties in respect to the operational readiness of Regulatory Services in respect to a free trade deal with restrictions which results in an increased Regulatory Services presence or increased Regulatory Services responsibilities at the Portsmouth International Port border entry point.

 

RECOMMENDED that the Cabinet:

 

(1)  Acknowledges the continuing risk that Regulatory Services will be significantly impacted by increasing demands in border control regulations at the Portsmouth International Port following the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union.

 

(2)  Accepts that any intensification of border control demands at the Portsmouth International Port will place substantial unpredictable and currently unavailable financial burdens upon Portsmouth City Council statutory regulatory functions.

 

(3)  Approves further engagement with governmental departments and Ministers in respect to the need for revenue funding equivalent to any additional need to deliver essential border control functions at the Portsmouth International Port.  

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Decision:

The Cabinet:

 

(1)          Acknowledges the continuing risk that Regulatory Services will be significantly impacted by increasing demands in border control regulations at the Portsmouth International Port following the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union.

 

(2)          Accepts that any intensification of border control demands at the Portsmouth International Port will place substantial unpredictable and currently unavailable financial burdens upon Portsmouth City Council statutory regulatory functions.

 

(3)          Approved further engagement with governmental departments and Ministers in respect to the need for revenue funding equivalent to any additional need to deliver essential border control functions at the Portsmouth International Port.  

 

(4)          Asked that the Regulatory Services Manager make contact with the Secretary of State for Transport to ask for a response to the previous representation made to him in November 2019 as well as briefing the local Members of Parliament, Local Government Association (LGA) and the British Ports Association to request they help to lobby to get a solution for Portsmouth.