§ Mr. Roy Hughesasked the Minister of Transport what progress has been made in the studies undertaken by the National Ports Council on the possibility of building a super port on the flat lands, east and west of Newport, Monmouthshire.
§ Mr. MarshThe results of the preliminary study carried out by consultants for the National Ports Council and the Government Departments concerned show that a number of sites, including the coastal flats near Newport, are physically suitable for development as maritime industrial development areas. Physical suitability is not, however, the only criterion and a good deal more work will be needed on the wider economic and regional implications of the possible development of one or more of the sites.