§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Minister of Transport if she will give the total capital investment in each of the 14 major ports in Great Britain for each year since 1945; and whether she will estimate the investment for each of the next five years.
§ Mr. John MorrisFor the British Transport Docks Board ports concerned, figures are available from 1951 as follows:
Detailed figures for the remaining major ports from 1963–64 are as follows:—
that total expenditure at the above ports will be of the order of £25 million each year.
297WI regret that the rest of the information requested could not be obtained without undue expenditure of time and effort.
§ Mr. Huntasked the Minister of Transport whether she will now announce the phased programme of selected investment in the ports which she referred to in paragraph 108 of Command Paper No. 3057.
§ Mr. SwinglerDiscussions with the National Ports Council are still proceeding.