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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Spaceflight: Sutherland (30 October 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the progress of the planned space port in Sutherland.

Asked by:
Andrew Griffith (Conservative)

Answer

The UK Government regularly engages with the Scottish Government and Space Hub Sutherland on their plans to build the vertical launch site at Melness. The launch site is expected to create up to 250 jobs, 61 of which will be in the Caithness and Sutherland area.

I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate them on receiving planning permission earlier this year and I look forward to seeing how the proposal develops in future.


Answered by:
Mr Alister Jack (Conservative)
5 November 2020

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