HC Deb 12 July 1967 vol 750 c93W
61 and 62. Mr. Ian Lloyd

asked the Minister of Transport (1) how many joint studies of maritime industrial areas have now been initiated by her Department and the National Ports Council;

(2) whether she will undertake a study of the establishment of customs-free ports and manufacturing areas within any proposed maritime industrial areas.

Mrs. Castle

The Government Departments primarily concerned have discussed with the National Ports Council the initiation of a study designed to identify possible sites for maritime industrial areas, and have also, with the co-operation of the British Transport Docks Board, been taking account of these possibilities in the Humberside and Severnside studies. These ideas for major long-term development raise many important issues requiring detailed study, and the possibility of establishing Custom-free zones will certainly be borne in mind.

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