Trust Ports (Hansard, 10 March 2003)

§ Mr. Chope
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 5 March 2003, ref 100668, which of the first ports identified are classified as non-fishery. [102128]

§ Mr. Jamieson
The non-fishery trust ports on that list are:

Caernarfon;

Chichester;

Dover;

Falmouth;

Harwich;

Langstone;
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Littlehampton;

Port of London;

Milford Haven;

Orford;

Poole;

Sandwich;

Shoreham;

Teignmouth; and

Port of Tyne.

§ Mr. Chope
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 5 March 2003, ref 100668, when a decision will be taken as to whether the ports fall within the classification as public corporations; and what the cause of UK present uncertainty is. [102129]

§ Mr. Jamieson
As soon as we are able to assess the full impact of the proposed classification, my officials will resume discussions with the Office of National Statistics and the Treasury.

§ Mr. Chope
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library the latest annual account of(a) non-fishery trust ports, and (b) fishery trust ports. [102130]

§ Mr. Jamieson
Although non-fishery trust ports are required to submit their annual accounts to the Secretary of State, the obligation to make them publicly available lies with the individual harbour authorities, not my Department. Copies of the annual reports and accounts for each trust port, both fishery and non-fishery, are available from the individual authorities.