Mentions:
1: Kelvin Hopkins (IND - Luton North) I thank the Minister for her answer, but I believe the Secretary of State is aware of the GB Freight - Speech Link
2: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) With Felixstowe in my constituency, I am fully aware of the advantages of rail freight. - Speech Link
3: Matthew Pennycook (LAB - Greenwich and Woolwich) Government expect the recently promised review into shore-to-ship power and the assumptions that underpin port - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Peter Aldous (CON - Waveney) the port of Felixstowe to the east and west coast main lines. - Speech Link
2: Dan Poulter (CON - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) I am sure that the Minister is aware that 46% of the UK’s container traffic goes through Felixstowe port - Speech Link
3: Paul Maynard (CON - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) Friends pointed out—because of the proximity of the major port of Felixstowe on which so much of our - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jo Churchill (CON - Bury St Edmunds) which cuts right through my constituency and which travels down to the country’s largest container port - Speech Link
2: Simon Burns (CON - Chelmsford) commuter line from Felixstowe to London to then go back up north. - Speech Link
3: Claire Perry (CON - Devizes) We need more freight paths. Freight is strategically important to productivity and air quality. - Speech Link
4: Jo Churchill (CON - Bury St Edmunds) Freight trains can take up to 35 containers. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord McLoughlin (CON - Life peer) of Reading station and the flyover that it provides, meaning that the line is no longer held up by freight - Speech Link
2: Lord McLoughlin (CON - Life peer) construction is under way between Ealing Broadway and Acton mainline stations, to remove slow-moving freight - Speech Link
3: Paul Flynn (LAB - Newport West) The port of Newport is the second largest steel handling port in the United Kingdom and it is likely - Speech Link
4: Robert Goodwill (CON - Scarborough and Whitby) Yesterday I was at the port of Bristol, which is going to benefit from developments in the nuclear industry - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Prescott (LAB - Life peer) The traffic coming in from the Liverpool port will cross over to the major consumer continent in the - Speech Link
2: Lord Beecham (LAB - Life peer) Among other things, they showed me the impressive port facilities at Felixstowe, where we saw giant Chinese - Speech Link
3: Lord Berkeley (LAB - Life peer) I declare an interest as chairman of the Rail Freight Group. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Prescott, asked about the report on freight. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Berkeley (LAB - Life peer) hearing the answers to.I came across an example a week or two ago when I was privileged to go to the Port - Speech Link
2: Baroness Kramer (LDEM - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, will know of the upgrade from Felixstowe to Northampton. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord McLoughlin (CON - Life peer) It carries a third of all traffic and two thirds of all freight, and it is busier than ever. - Speech Link
2: Simon Burns (CON - Chelmsford) That is a strategic feeder road into the east of England and the port of Felixstowe, so it is particularly - Speech Link
3: Lord McLoughlin (CON - Life peer) We have seen a substantial increase in freight travelling on the railways. - Speech Link
4: Steve Brine (CON - Winchester) It is a huge issue for the country as well, because it is a major freight route from the midlands to - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Ben Gummer (CON - Ipswich) we have the largest European centre of research and development in software; and we have the largest port - Speech Link
2: Claire Perry (CON - Devizes) There will also be additional freight capacity. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Priti Patel (CON - Witham) Essex, those hubs are Stansted airport, Southend airport, the brilliant new DP World London Gateway port - Speech Link
2: Robert Goodwill (CON - Scarborough and Whitby) In addition, the port of Tilbury and the new London Gateway port development fall within the area. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Adonis (LAB - Life peer) that later this year, for the first time in 350 years, Britain will no longer have the world’s largest port - Speech Link
2: Lord Teverson (LDEM - Life peer) In ports, through private sector investment, London Gateway, Felixstowe and Southampton are all going - Speech Link
3: Lord Berkeley (LAB - Life peer) The answer is the Rail Freight Group, in which I declare an interest as chairman, and the Freight Transport - Speech Link