at this point i will introduce john flint, the chair of the panel, to introduce the findings. >> thank you, luis. and good morning, board members and directors. i'm going to jump right into -- you can hear me? okay. i will jump right into the general period u panel. as luis said we started off with three different throorts wer reports that were developed between june and october of 2017. a few general observations. all three report concluded that trains operate within 2 minutes of scheduled times were sufficient with two tracks. however consistent within daily operational is not a daily assumption. a performance standard of 5 minutes and 59 second and california rail will operate at a standard of 5 minutes. and the swiss railways considered to be the gold standard for on-time performance, operates within plus or minus 3 minutes so the 2-minute operational assumption that was used in preparing these three studies is not a realistic operational assumption for daily operation of the terminal. so pertubation analysis was done. and that determines when trains are not on time due to tow dela

should recognise is the tremendous courage of people like john, recognise is the tremendous courage of people likejohn, liam byrne, caroline flintthey were speaking together at westminster about an hour ago. we can go back there now. downing street has reiterated the government's commitment to leaving the customs union after brexit, ahead of a symbolic vote in the commons later this week. if the uk remains part of the customs union, it would be unable to strike trade deals with other countries around the world after leaving the eu. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is in westminster this morning. the prime minister has talked about this before, she is going to have to continue, isn't she? yes, plunging into the taste is terminology of brea ks into the taste is terminology of breaks at this morning, the whole idea of the customs union, it's the mechanism for alarming goods to be traded freely around the european union without extra tariffs imposed on them, very few checks imposed on them as well. but as you say, it means if you are in the customs union you cannot go off around the world and have your own trade deals and tho