The Transport Secretary told the coronavirus daily briefing he is certain the UK will not be extending the Brexit transition period. Mr Shapps reiterated that Britain has left the European Union and that the transition period will end in December 2020.
Mr Shapps said: "We leave the transition period at the end of the year and it is this Government's judgment that the best possible thing we can do for business is to provide it with absolute certainty that we will not be stretching out or extending the transition period in any way, shape or form.
"That is absolutely the case, the transition period will end at the end of this year."
Mr Shapps added: "As an independent coastal nation we're here to represent the interests of businesses and the population in the UK and we'll make sure that we do that.
"I think by saying now that we'll have the border... what we'll be doing on the border, in other words that we'll be sensible about the way that we introduce this, makes perfect sense."
He added that "We're absolutely confident that we'll have great systems in place, there's no reason not to, this country will have the ability to do all those things.
"But we will do those things on our own terms."
In June 2016 the UK voted to leave the European Union.
The UK officially left the European Union at the end of January this year.
The Conservative MP said: "Mr Barnier is full of bluster and threats.
"We have the cards, we are a sovereign nation and we have our fishing waters.
"At this point the EU fishing vessels are able to fish in our waters but that doesn’t have to continue if we can’t get on with a sensible deal.
"In my Grimsby words, Mr Barnier needs to wind his neck in and get on with some sensible negotiations."
Face masks will be compulsory on public transport from Monday (Picture: PA/Getty)
Fines could be issued to people who do not wear face coverings on public transport.
Transport secretary Grant Shapps confirmed penalties could be given to people who do not cover their faces when on buses, trains, trams and planes from Monday.
‘I know there is huge public support for face coverings, they show respect for our fellow travellers,’ he said during the daily coronavirus press conference from Downing Street.
Shapps added: ‘But for clarity transport operators will be able to refuse permission to travel where someone isn’t using a face covering and this weekend I am taking powers through the Public Health act leading to fines for non-compliance too.
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‘We will take a gentle approach to enforcement during the first couple of days and help will be at hand.’
The coronavirus reproduction rate may have risen above 1 in parts of England, government scientists have said.
Official figures indicate the rate - known as the R number - is between 0.8 and 1.0 across the whole of England.
This range is slightly higher than for the entire UK, where it remains between 0.7 and 0.9.
But in the southwest of England, the Government Office for Science said it was between 0.8 and 1.1. The group said the most likely estimate was in the middle of the range.
The figure is crucial in guiding the government's gradual relaxation of coronavirus lockdown measures.
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If the R value is one, each infected person will on average pass COVID-19 on to one other.
If it is above one, it means the number of coronavirus cases will increase exponentially.
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However, if the R number is below one, the disease will eventually peter out as not enough new people are being infected to sustain the outbreak.
Speaking at Friday's Downing Street coronavirus news briefing, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told Sky News correspondent Ashish Joshi that he would not "rule anything out" when it comes to imposing localised lockdowns in areas where the R number was higher than 1.
But NHS England's medical director Stephen Powis said the R number was not the only important piece of data scientists are looking at to control the virus as the lockdown eases.
The Office of National Statistics said on Friday that the percentage of people in the community who have the virus had fallen from around 0.4% at the end of April to 0.06% in the two weeks to June 7.
The government has said that when there are only a small number of cases, R rate estimates become less robust and less useful in determining the state of the epidemic.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted last week that the number of cases was higher in some regions, and said local lockdowns could be introduced if there were flare-ups.
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"You're right that the R is closer to one in the South West and in the North West, the advice from SAGE is that R is below one in all regions," he said.
"However, we want to increasingly have an approach in tackling local lockdowns where we spot a flare-up."
The coronavirus reproduction rate may have risen above 1 in parts of England, government scientists have said.
Official figures indicate the rate - known as the R number - is between 0.8 and 1.0 across the whole of England.
This range is slightly higher than for the entire UK, where it remains between 0.7 and 0.9.
But in the southwest of England, the Government Office for Science said it was between 0.8 and 1.1. The group said the most likely estimate was in the middle of the range.
The figure is crucial in guiding the government's gradual relaxation of coronavirus lockdown measures.
Advertisement
If the R value is one, each infected person will on average pass COVID-19 on to one other.
If it is above one, it means the number of coronavirus cases will increase exponentially.
More from Covid-19
However, if the R number is below one, the disease will eventually peter out as not enough new people are being infected to sustain the outbreak.
Speaking at Friday's Downing Street coronavirus news briefing, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told Sky News correspondent Ashish Joshi that he would not "rule anything out" when it comes to imposing localised lockdowns in areas where the R number was higher than 1.
But NHS England's medical director Stephen Powis said the R number was not the only important piece of data scientists are looking at to control the virus as the lockdown eases.
The Office of National Statistics said on Friday that the percentage of people in the community who have the virus had fallen from around 0.4% at the end of April to 0.06% in the two weeks to June 7.
The government has said that when there are only a small number of cases, R rate estimates become less robust and less useful in determining the state of the epidemic.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted last week that the number of cases was higher in some regions, and said local lockdowns could be introduced if there were flare-ups.
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"You're right that the R is closer to one in the South West and in the North West, the advice from SAGE is that R is below one in all regions," he said.
"However, we want to increasingly have an approach in tackling local lockdowns where we spot a flare-up."
