Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price promotes ports in Thurrock - Your Thurrock
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In that vein, I wish to talk about how we come back out of this
crisis and to advise the House about the exciting plans we are making in
Thurrock in our bid for a Thames estuary freeport, led by the ports of
Tilbury and London Gateway. Members have often heard me claim that Thurrock is the port capital of the UK.
As a centre of excellence for ports and logistics, there is no stronger
case to be made than for a freeport to be located in
Thurrock—[Interruption.] I am sure that my hon. Friend Sir David Amess will
fully agree with that. It is the natural evolution of the role of the
Thames as an engine of wealth creation and prosperity. We sit here in
this Parliament on the Thames. London is a great capital city, one of
the richest cities in the world, but it is located here only because of
the Thames and because the Romans set up the port of Londinium. So it
makes great sense in the natural evolution of history—of exploiting our River Thames and
our position as a maritime nation—to make sure we continue that
evolution and establish the Thames estuary freeport in Thurrock. ...
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