grant shapps updated the transport committee with the most recent figures.of yellowhammer preparedness had us saying that as low as 15% of people could turn up ready, but it could be as high as 50%. so it's 15—50, and now that's risen to 30—60. so we think the overall impact has been that many more people will now turn up ready with the right paperwork to cross the channel. and just to clarify, this is not an issue of traffic coming in. this is not an issue of imports, because we're not imposing new day one restrictions. so things can flow into this country. it's obviously an issue of export. as a third country, we would be in a position of needing to have the correct paperwork, for example, to export into france, and it's the french who will be stopping it. the issue is that on the short straits, the dover—calais, that run, it's a closed loop. so if lorries can't get one way, they can't get back again. and that's where the problems would occur. grant shapps's appearance before the committee was his first in his new role. mps were keen to tackle the subject

the transport secretary grant shapps said northern, which runs commuter services in and out of citiesfranchise could not continue in its current form. judith moritz is at manchester victoria station tonight. this is one of more than 500 stations used by northern. 20% of the stations across the uk from nottingham to newcastle, liverpool to hull. the way it functions matters to millions of people but it has been beset by problems. there are ageing trains, like this peso thatis are ageing trains, like this peso that is about to leave platform to, problems with customer service with the chaotic introduction of a new timetable the summer before last and it has augment disruption for passengers. today the transport secretary said it cannot continue and effectively issued an ultimatum to northern and told them to come up with proposals about how things can improve, or he says he is considering taking the franchise out of private hands. what would that look like? it could becomejust of private hands. what would that look like? it could become just the second company in the country to be run b

grant shapps told mps today that the northern franchise cannot continue" delivering such poor levelsng for the vast majority of services in the north of england, but has been losing money for years and has struggled with late trains, poor customer service and frequent industrial action. northern must submit proposals on how services can be improved before further action takes place. 0ur transport correspondent, tom burridge, is in our business unit. just burridge, is in our business unit. how significant is bro just how significant is this? and bro who real passengers in the enough hungry and have been suffering for a long time, going back to a chaotic timetable, services being cancelled. they haven't fixed the problem is, new trains have been brought into service but it hasn't made much of a difference, sunday is optically bad. we know that there is a process going on, whereby companies on behalf of the government, have been looking at the franchise and considering whether or not the government needs to step in. it is significant that the government is now going public with this, it

the transport secretary grant shapps said northern, which runs commuter services in and out of cities continue in its current form. judith moritz sent us this update from manchester victoria station tonight. this is one of more than 500 stations used by northern and 20% of the stations across the uk from nottingham to newcastle, liverpool to hold back. the way it functions matters to millions of people and it has been beset by problems. there are places like the one about to leave platform two, problems with customer service and the chaotic introduction of a new timetable. it has all meant disruption for passengers and today the transport secretary said that it cannot continue. effectively an ultimatum to northern telling them to come up with proposals about how things can improve or he says he is considering taking the franchise out of private hands. what will that look like? it could become just a second company in the country to be run by the operator of last resort. the east coast mainline. an arm's—length government body. or the company could continue to function under the contro