UK lawmakers concerned about Brexit readiness, call for robust contingency plan

On December 19, a British parliamentary committee voiced concern over country's preparedness for end of Brexit transition period and called on government to ensure that re is a robust contingency plan to deal with “whatever happens” after January 1. With less than a month left for Britain to exit European Union, both parties still face a delock in tre agreements post-December 31. In case, y don’t reach an agreement before transition period expires, n World Tre Organisation (WTO) rules would automatically come into play forcing border checks and custom tariffs on British products.

In a report, House of Commons Committee on Future Relationship with European Union warned about potentially challenging start to 2021 where businesses and people "just to life" outside Single Market and Customs Union. committee also stated that some decisions on infrastructure h been taken "too late" and businesses continue to be held back by COVID-19 pandemic and uncertainty about tre rules in future.

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Asserting that UK’s safety and security must t be compromised, it vised government to closely monitor speed and effectiveness of its fallback systems. It warned that a European arrest warrant was unlikely to be in place from January 1.

"While UK law enforcement ncies are working hard to develop alternatives to EU databases such as Schengen Information System II, fall-back systems for information sharing are likely to be slower and more cumbersome,"  committee ted.

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Ireland 

It said that although a "pragmatic solution" has been reached to prevent land border between rrn Ireland and Ireland in case of -deal Brexit, it emphasised that Irish people should be, at earliest, told about terms of Tre within ir own country.

"We welcome agreement on implementation of rrn Ireland Protocol, for example. But we are worried about consequences of trucks t having right paperwork, traffic disruption around ports, and UK’s security being affected by loss of access to EU law enforcement databases," Committee chair Hilary Benn MP said.

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(With ncy Inputs)