UK Parliament Reviews AMEP Plans

The UK Parliament will review plans for the proposed Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) in Humberside.

On March 7, Able Humber Ports Limited, deposited two memorials against the two petitions received from Associated British Ports. The Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords and the Chairman of Ways and Means in the House of Commons considered the two petitions and the two memorials against the petitions and reported to the House of Lords and the House of Commons. 

After hearing evidence from the memorialists, Able Humber Ports Limited and the petitioners, Associated British Ports (ABP) on April 2 and 3, the Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords and the Chairman of Ways and Means in the House of Commons decided that the Petitions should be referred to a Joint Committee.

The next stage will be a Joint Committee that will consider the petitions against the order. No dates have been set for the Committee yet.

Press release, April 4, 2014; Image: AMEP