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Tees Port

This is the petition of the Redcar business association and the Redcar road west action group, the latter being a grass-roots group of people in the former steel town of South Bank in my constituency. Petitions on this subject have been signed by 810 people. They support a proposal by PD Teesport to develop a deep-sea container terminal to expand Tees Port and generate employment. The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urge the Government to look favourably on the application— the proposed application— by Tees Port to expand within the context of a national ports strategy that takes into account environmental costs, congestion— southern congestion— and the needs of the North East. To lie upon the Table.