Extract from Lords debate
on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (Science and Technology
Report)
(CB):...Another non-road field for AVs is the high
seas, as has been mentioned. To my mind, the advantage here is that
the changeover can be gradual; you can have a huge ship running on
only a skeleton crew to take over if things go wrong. In a car, it
would be impossible for a passenger to take over in that split
second when things have gone wrong, but a boat normally has a much
slower timescale when it comes to approaching
disasters. Rolls-Royce told us that a greater
use of autonomous marine vessels could save the global marine
industry up to £80 billion per annum from reductions in capital
costs, manning costs and fuel costs...
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Extract from Commons
committee stage of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
(Broxtowe)
(Con):...Does the hon. Gentleman agree with my view that
most people in this country do not understand the huge benefits
of the customs union? Of course, a huge swathe of people have
never had any experience of stuff being stopped in customs. I
certainly remember those days because of my age. Has it been his
experience that British businesses are in many ways even more
concerned about the movement of goods and tariffs and not being
in the customs union than the actual imposition of the tariffs
themselves? Companies such as Rolls-Royce in neighbouring Derby
hugely benefit from these large supply chains and they are really
worried about our leaving the customs union...
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