Ports: Nationalisation
(asked on 18th March 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to nationalise ports operators in England.
This question was answered on 24th March 2022
The UK ports industry is a highly successful, competitive, and a predominantly privately run sector. The sector has continually demonstrated its commitment to the UK through ongoing investment and enhancement to facilitate the 95% of imports and exports vital for the UK economy that arrive by sea. UK Ports have also played a key resilience role in keeping goods flowing through the pandemic and other recent challenges. There are no government plans to change the status of UK ports.