PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Freeports: Aberdeen (20 January 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government will fund all additional infrastructure required to facilitate a potential free port in Aberdeen.

Asked by:
Stephen Flynn (Scottish National Party)

Answer

The Government is working to ensure that we produce an ambitious and attractive Freeport offer that achieves the Prime Minister’s aim of levelling up our regions and attracting business investment across the whole of the UK. In doing so the Government is working with the Devolved Administrations, including the Scottish Government.

Specific locations for Freeports will be chosen through a fair and transparent process. Details will be announced in due course.


Answered by:
Graham Stuart (Conservative)
27 January 2020

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