Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to expedite the licence application made by North Tyneside Council to the Marine Management Organisation to enable repair work to the quay walls and the dredging of the riverside berth.

I understand that this is an important local issue, and that the Marine Management Organisation has recently met with the Council and agreed on the next steps to be taken by the Council and by the MMO.