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Ports: Draft National Policy Statement

The Minister has been extremely helpful to the Committee and has advanced our knowledge of the subject. However, I am still concerned about my assertion that the NPS is just a list of factors to be taken into consideration. Perhaps the Minister could help the Committee by giving one example of where his noble friend the Secretary of State has had to make a political decision about something in the NPS, rather than just listing the factors that need to be taken into consideration. That would give me greater confidence that it involves a political decision by the Secretary of State rather than just a list of what has to be taken into consideration.