Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on competition policy of the major ports on the Clyde and Forth being owned by the operators of larger ports in the Mersey and in Tilbury.
This Department has not made an assessment of this matter as it is not the competition regulator for the maritime sector. Any evidence of alleged anti-competitive behaviour can be reported to the Competition and Markets Authority.