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Lord Fuller (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 14 October 2025

Debate

National Policy Statement for Ports

Contribution

If we are really serious about growth in the UK ports sector, I ask the Minister to take a knife to the now-discarded copy-and-paste parts from Part 3 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. A significant rewrite is indicated, and I think there is a consensus on that among noble Lords in this debate. Otherwise, we will have another lost decade in ports, with trade drag-anchored 20 years back. We should be the seagull soaring. Unless there is a rewrite, this policy will be an albatross around our neck.

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