EMMA MAERSK 3

That this House notes with concern that the world's largest container ship, Emma Maersk 3, is to land in the UK from China bringing with it 45,000 tonnes of Christmas gifts and foodstuffs, all of which could have been purchased from British manufacturers and farmers; deplores the impact on the environment of transporting halfway around the world items which could have been produced nearer to home; calls upon the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to launch an immediate review of the economic and environmental costs associated with the Emma Maersk 3's cargo and journey; and calls upon the Government to take action to tackle damaging effects of unfettered free trade.