Graeme Downie said it was 'disappointing' that the UK Treasury had only replied to his letter about a Rosyth-Dunkirk ferry link when he earned a House of Commons debate.
A Scottish Labour MP has blasted his own government for taking months to reply to him about a ferry route between Scotland and Europe. Graeme Downie said it was "disappointing" that the UK Treasury had taken so long to reply to his letter about a Rosyth -Dunkirk ferry.
Downie said DFDS Ferries would like to run the service between Fife and Europe from Spring next year. But £3m is required to redevelop the facilities at Rosyth. The MP called for money from the UK Government's £5.8m national wealth fund to be put towards it. Downie told the House of Commons in a debate: "Between 2002 and 2018, there was a direct ferry line from Rosyth to Zeebrugge operating as a passenger and freight service, and latterly as a freight-only service. I believe, as many of my constituents do, that now is the time to bring this project back.
He added: "I wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the start of October, but I received a reply only very recently, and I suspect only because this debate was on the Order Paper. This is disappointing, particularly given the small amount of money and the deadline to make this project a reality in 2025."
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