PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Thames Freeport: DP World (27 March 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department made an assessment of DP World's record on workers' rights before approving the decision to allow that company to co-run the Thames Freeport.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

Businesses operating in Freeports are subject to the same UK employment laws and protections as they would be elsewhere in the country, including the Seafarers' Wages Bill which received Royal Assent on 23 March 2023 and will make access to UK ports conditional on operators of regular services demonstrating that they will be paying at least an equivalent rate to the UK National Minimum Wage whilst in UK waters.

Answered by:
Dehenna Davison (Conservative)
31 March 2023