{"id":2609,"date":"2019-09-30T13:54:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T13:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2609"},"modified":"2019-09-30T13:54:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T13:54:41","slug":"fallon-demands-greater-reassurances-over-no-deal-brexit-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2609","title":{"rendered":"Fallon demands greater reassurances over no deal Brexit planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sevenoaks MP Sir Michael Fallon this week met with Michael\nGove, Chairman of the Government\u2019s Brexit Preparations Committee, to press for\nfurther reassurance that the A25 will be kept clear in the event of a \u2018no deal\u2019\nBrexit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sir Michael outlined his concerns about the\npotential use of the M26 as a lorry park, and has attended Operation Brock\nmeetings with fellow Kent MPs, the Department for Transport, HMRC and the Kent\nResilience Forum regularly. &nbsp;Those meetings will intensify as the Brexit\ndeadline of October 31 approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sir Michael has demanded greater reassurance from the Government, and warned: \u201cThere are eight schools along the A25 in my constituency, and the road is already very congested at peak times. The current level of traffic will only be made worse by an increase from the ports in the East.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Brexit-Preparation-Committee-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2610\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Brexit-Preparation-Committee-002.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Brexit-Preparation-Committee-002-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Brexit-Preparation-Committee-002-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Sir Michael meets Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove MP with Damian Green MP, Helen Whately MP and Tom Tugendhat MP <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sevenoaks MP Sir Michael Fallon this week met with Michael Gove, Chairman of the Government\u2019s Brexit Preparations Committee, to press for further reassurance that the A25 will be kept clear in the event of a \u2018no deal\u2019 Brexit. Sir Michael outlined his concerns about the potential use of the M26 as a lorry park, and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2609\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fallon demands greater reassurances over no deal Brexit planning&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2611,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609\/revisions\/2611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}