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Ports: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to develop the electrification of ports.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
13 Nov 2024
Answer
19 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to develop the electrification of ports.

  2. 13 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The new Government’s manifesto made it clear that the “grid has become the single biggest obstacle to the deployment of cheap, clean power generation and the electrification of industry.” My Department meets regularly with ports and District Network Oper...

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