Mentions:
1: Louise Ellman (IND - Liverpool, Riverside) We visited Felixstowe—the UK’s biggest container port—and the new development at London Gateway, which - Speech Link
2: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) And I continue to fly the flag for the great port of Felixstowe. - Speech Link
3: Gordon Marsden (LAB - Blackpool South) that only 3% of traffic heading north is freight traffic from the port. - Speech Link
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1: Albert Owen (LAB - Ynys Môn) north Wales, which can be part of a huge European network between those capitals—with shipments on to Felixstowe - Speech Link
2: Albert Owen (LAB - Ynys Môn) that that is not the case and that the priority will remain the existing TEN-T route, including from Felixstowe - Speech Link
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1: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) Although I am convinced that the magnificent port of Felixstowe will continue to invest and to compete - Speech Link
2: Peter Aldous (CON - Waveney) In that time, I have witnessed a dramatic growth in the logistics industry, based on the port of Felixstowe - Speech Link
3: Ben Gummer (CON - Ipswich) However, Felixstowe, the largest container port in the country, does not, unlike Immingham, have an electric - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Scott of Needham Market (LDEM - Life peer) Felixstowe is already the fourth largest container port in the world and has created around 40,000 jobs - Speech Link
2: Lord Berkeley (LAB - Life peer) A new rail freight terminal has just opened at Felixstowe. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Kramer (LDEM - Life peer) The growth of Felixstowe and Thamesport places renewed pressure on rail freight services, so that is - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Mark Harper (CON - Forest of Dean) Freight searching was still being carried out, both by our contractors and by the port authorities.The - Speech Link
2: Mark Harper (CON - Forest of Dean) Obviously, we look at the intelligence available to us, particularly on freight. - Speech Link
3: Mark Harper (CON - Forest of Dean) I sense that London Gateway and Felixstowe will be competing with each other as to which is the largest - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Newby (LDEM - Life peer) and will unlock jobs, housing and growth in the region, as well as providing key relief for a major freight - Speech Link
2: Lord Adonis (LAB - Life peer) specific immediate project of considerable economic importance to the country—the A14, which links the port - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer) badger.We are told that the HS2 business case is sound—it will deliver much needed capacity, including freight - Speech Link
2: Lord Freeman (CON - Life peer) There should therefore be more capacity left for freight on the railways. - Speech Link
3: Lord Adonis (LAB - Life peer) It entailed a decade of constant disruption to passengers and freight, and it delivered only a fraction - Speech Link
4: Lord Bradshaw (LDEM - Life peer) The very heavy extra freight which will come from the new port in London and from Felixstowe needs the - Speech Link
5: Lord Shipley (LDEM - Life peer) As a consequence of HS2, there will be greater freight capacity on the system as a whole.I commend the - Speech Link
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1: Lord Berkeley (LAB - Life peer) I declare an interest as chairman of the Rail Freight Group. That is a laudable intention. - Speech Link
2: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (LDEM - Life peer) Why is the HCA not the first port of call for a discussion on whether it should use some of the hundreds - Speech Link
3: Lord Hunt of Chesterton (LAB - Life peer) We have had Acts of Parliament to develop, for example, Felixstowe docks or some of the processes in - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: David Mowat (CON - Warrington South) In broad terms, the container traffic that goes into Felixstowe and Southampton will, we hope, go to - Speech Link
2: Stephen Hammond (CON - Wimbledon) Liverpool with port facilities in Salford and Manchester, some 35 miles inland. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Adonis (LAB - Life peer) cancel essential schemes of national importance such as the dualling of the A14 east-west route from Felixstowe - Speech Link
2: Lord Berkeley (LAB - Life peer) I declare an interest as chairman of the Rail Freight Group. - Speech Link