Mentions:
1: Gordon Henderson (CON - Sittingbourne and Sheppey) , Sheerness is closer than Dover to the Netherlands, which opens up the possibility of routing more freight - Speech Link
2: Nusrat Ghani (CON - Wealden) Friend talked about the level of traffic and freight going through the port of Dover, and he also referred - Speech Link
3: Gordon Henderson (CON - Sittingbourne and Sheppey) My understanding is that the software used at Felixstowe could be changed to accommodate Dover. - Speech Link
4: Nusrat Ghani (CON - Wealden) our ports continue to do what they do best, which is not only bringing freight in but moving it up and - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) It is a key east-west freight route—freight which many of us believe would be better off on the railways - Speech Link
2: Nusrat Ghani (CON - Wealden) is one of the busiest parts of the strategic road network between the midlands, East Anglia and the port - Speech Link
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1: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) I have raised this issue with the Road Haulage Association and the Freight Transport Association. - Speech Link
2: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) In my constituency I have the port of Felixstowe and the A14, which is one of the busiest transit parts - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: James Cartlidge (CON - South Suffolk) In our modern economy, all our goods have to go through lorries, from Felixstowe or whatever port. - Speech Link
2: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) I agree, there is a challenge with the use of freight. - Speech Link
3: Vicky Ford (CON - Chelmsford) I have campaigned for rail freight for many years. Is the hon. - Speech Link
4: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) If we want to develop Harwich as a port and see Felixstowe thrive as well, in order to take freight from - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Andy McDonald (LAB - Middlesbrough) The port estimates that a two-minute delay per vehicle will generate a permanent 20-mile-long traffic - Speech Link
2: Robert Goodwill (CON - Scarborough and Whitby) Jean-Marc Puissesseau, president and general manager of Port Boulogne Calais, has said that the port - Speech Link
3: Robert Goodwill (CON - Scarborough and Whitby) As Shipping Minister, I visited Southampton and Felixstowe and saw the thousands of containers coming - Speech Link
4: Peter Aldous (CON - Waveney) very important component part of the East Anglian economy, with the container business going through Felixstowe - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) such as Southampton and so on—indeed it is closing this work on the east coast around the ports of Felixstowe - Speech Link
2: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) It is the UK’s biggest gateway for roll-on, roll-off freight. - Speech Link
3: Peter Dowd (LAB - Bootle) Freight has felt a bit of a poor relation. - Speech Link
4: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) I am completely biased, coming from Hull where there are major problems with port connectivity. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Chris Grayling (CON - Epsom and Ewell) Indeed, I recently had the pleasure of visiting Montrose port to see the important work that it does - Speech Link
2: Sandy Martin (LAB - Ipswich) The Orwell bridge was closed again yesterday, forcing about 5,000 lorries from Felixstowe, the UK’s largest - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jo Churchill (CON - Bury St Edmunds) The Oxford-Cambridge line does not end at Cambridge, but goes through to Felixstowe and carries most - Speech Link
2: Chris Grayling (CON - Epsom and Ewell) given to people in East Anglia that in control period 6 the work on Ely junction will free up both freight - Speech Link
3: Chris Grayling (CON - Epsom and Ewell) I have also been to the port and looked at the point on the putative Henbury loop that would be the issue - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Sandy Martin (LAB - Ipswich) It handles 40% of the country’s container traffic and is by far the biggest port. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Dan Poulter (CON - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) point about transport connectivity, but does she agree that as well as road connectivity, rail and freight - Speech Link
2: Amanda Milling (CON - Cannock Chase) one of the issues with the west coast main line is capacity in terms of not only passenger trains but freight - Speech Link
3: Robert Jenrick (CON - Newark) Member for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (Dr Poulter) talk about trying to sort out the problems of freight - Speech Link