Question follow-through · 112228
Ports: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2026 to Question 107165, in which month the final text of the National Policy Statement for Ports is expected to be published.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 17 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2026 to Question 107165, in which month the final text of the National Policy Statement for Ports is expected to be published.
12 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Feb 2026
Answer published
I expect the final text to be laid in March 2026.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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