Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Transport on the discharge of statutory harbour authority duties in Tees Freeport.

At present, we do not foresee impacts on discharge of statutory harbour authority duties. Should such an issue arise, my Department will work closely with colleagues in the Department for Transport, with whom there are close links on Freeports implementation.