SCOTLAND’S green freeports take a “different approach” to freeports in England, an SNP MP has said...
Teeside freeport – the largest in the UK – was the subject of a damning review in January. Douglas Chapman says he understands people's concernsDouglas Chapman, who represents Dunfermline and West Fife – which includes Rosyth, one of the sites included within the Forth green freeport – told The National, however, that he can “fully appreciate” people’s concerns.
These"green freeports" are different from UK freeports in that they have a particular focus on contributing to the Scottish Government's net zero and fair work agenda.– however that the Scottish Government doesn’t have the legal authority to fully guarantee these safeguards and ambitions for the freeports.
Chapman conceded that freeports “as a model have well documented issues” but added that Scotland’s green freeports take a “different approach and tone to the way they want to operate on land they already own.” “The difficult issue in Scotland is that we don't have our own Maritime Strategy to follow, so when non-strategic ideas come along, we need to decide whether we are going to go for it or not, regardless of the fit,” he said.
"We need to break that cycle and in the absence of a strategy, in the face of doing nothing, the greenport is an opportunity to build anWe know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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