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1130428

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Wheelchairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to increase the accessibility of private hire vehicles for wheelchair users.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	261129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to developing an inclusive transport system which disabled people can use easily, comfortably and without additional cost, and it is essential that taxi and private hire vehicle services play their part in making this happen.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, the Government commenced legislation to prevent wheelchair users from being refused carriage or charged extra. We expect all local licensing authorities to use the powers available to them to ensure that the service for which they are responsible is accessible to all who need it.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to undertake research to understand the reasons why wheelchair users and assistance dog owners continue to be discriminated against by a minority of taxi and PHV drivers, and the tools available to eliminate such unacceptable behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/06/2019 15:58:41 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1130430

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Passenger Ships: Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with cruise lines on pollution.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	261131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>I have regular meetings with key stakeholders in the maritime sector to discuss their concerns on a range of important topics, including pollution.</p><p>Officials have regular contact with the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). They have also engaged with individual cruise lines on the development of the Clean Maritime Plan, how the sector will comply with the global sulphur cap and on the decarbonisation of shipping via the UK Chamber of Shipping’s Carbon Working Group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/06/2019 08:50:09 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1130070

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Irish Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect on British seafarers’ jobs in the Irish sea of P&O Ferries’ sale of the roll-on roll-off passenger ferry M/V European Endeavour.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	260662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The MV European Endeavour has been sold to Eckero Line and will operate on the Helsinki/Tallinn route. P&amp;O have confirmed that another vessel, the Mistral, that operated the Liverpool-Dublin route while the MV European Endeavour was undergoing a refit will continue to operate the route after the sale of the MV European Endeavor.</p><p> </p><p>P&amp;O have made a commercial decision to replace a passenger ro-ro ferry with a ro-ro cargo vessel to meet the changing demands of the freight market and particularly a rising demand for unaccompanied freight. Seafarers are required to meet the minimum standards of training as set out in the STCW Convention and no assessment is proposed to be made on the standards of seafarers operating in the Irish Sea.</p><p> </p><p>The choice of which crewing agency to employ seafarers from is a commercial decision and a matter of choice for any shipping company to make for itself. The Government does not hold data relating to which crewing agencies shipping companies use.</p><p> </p><p>There have been no recent meetings with P&amp;O where employment was discussed.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 260663 260664 260665 260666 260667 question first answered 13/06/2019 13:18:42 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1130072

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Irish Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to ensure that P&O Ferries’ sale of the M/V European Endeavour does not result in a reduction in the employment of British ratings on Irish sea ferry routes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	260663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The MV European Endeavour has been sold to Eckero Line and will operate on the Helsinki/Tallinn route. P&amp;O have confirmed that another vessel, the Mistral, that operated the Liverpool-Dublin route while the MV European Endeavour was undergoing a refit will continue to operate the route after the sale of the MV European Endeavor.</p><p> </p><p>P&amp;O have made a commercial decision to replace a passenger ro-ro ferry with a ro-ro cargo vessel to meet the changing demands of the freight market and particularly a rising demand for unaccompanied freight. Seafarers are required to meet the minimum standards of training as set out in the STCW Convention and no assessment is proposed to be made on the standards of seafarers operating in the Irish Sea.</p><p> </p><p>The choice of which crewing agency to employ seafarers from is a commercial decision and a matter of choice for any shipping company to make for itself. The Government does not hold data relating to which crewing agencies shipping companies use.</p><p> </p><p>There have been no recent meetings with P&amp;O where employment was discussed.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 260662 260664 260665 260666 260667 question first answered 13/06/2019 13:18:42 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1130073

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Crew
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department last met with representatives of P&O Ferries to discuss seafarer employment.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	260664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The MV European Endeavour has been sold to Eckero Line and will operate on the Helsinki/Tallinn route. P&amp;O have confirmed that another vessel, the Mistral, that operated the Liverpool-Dublin route while the MV European Endeavour was undergoing a refit will continue to operate the route after the sale of the MV European Endeavor.</p><p> </p><p>P&amp;O have made a commercial decision to replace a passenger ro-ro ferry with a ro-ro cargo vessel to meet the changing demands of the freight market and particularly a rising demand for unaccompanied freight. Seafarers are required to meet the minimum standards of training as set out in the STCW Convention and no assessment is proposed to be made on the standards of seafarers operating in the Irish Sea.</p><p> </p><p>The choice of which crewing agency to employ seafarers from is a commercial decision and a matter of choice for any shipping company to make for itself. The Government does not hold data relating to which crewing agencies shipping companies use.</p><p> </p><p>There have been no recent meetings with P&amp;O where employment was discussed.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 260662 260663 260665 260666 260667 question first answered 13/06/2019 13:18:42 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1130075

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Irish Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on seafarer employment standards in the Irish sea of P&O Ferries’ offer of voluntary redundancy to British seafarers employed on the M/V European Endeavour; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	260665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The MV European Endeavour has been sold to Eckero Line and will operate on the Helsinki/Tallinn route. P&amp;O have confirmed that another vessel, the Mistral, that operated the Liverpool-Dublin route while the MV European Endeavour was undergoing a refit will continue to operate the route after the sale of the MV European Endeavor.</p><p> </p><p>P&amp;O have made a commercial decision to replace a passenger ro-ro ferry with a ro-ro cargo vessel to meet the changing demands of the freight market and particularly a rising demand for unaccompanied freight. Seafarers are required to meet the minimum standards of training as set out in the STCW Convention and no assessment is proposed to be made on the standards of seafarers operating in the Irish Sea.</p><p> </p><p>The choice of which crewing agency to employ seafarers from is a commercial decision and a matter of choice for any shipping company to make for itself. The Government does not hold data relating to which crewing agencies shipping companies use.</p><p> </p><p>There have been no recent meetings with P&amp;O where employment was discussed.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 260662 260663 260664 260666 260667 question first answered 13/06/2019 13:18:42 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1130076

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ferries: Irish Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which crewing agencies are contracted to provide seafarer ratings to ferry companies operating in the Irish Sea; and when those labour supply contracts were last inspected for compliance with Regulation (a) 1.4 and (b) 5.3 of the Maritime Labour Convention.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	260666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The MV European Endeavour has been sold to Eckero Line and will operate on the Helsinki/Tallinn route. P&amp;O have confirmed that another vessel, the Mistral, that operated the Liverpool-Dublin route while the MV European Endeavour was undergoing a refit will continue to operate the route after the sale of the MV European Endeavor.</p><p> </p><p>P&amp;O have made a commercial decision to replace a passenger ro-ro ferry with a ro-ro cargo vessel to meet the changing demands of the freight market and particularly a rising demand for unaccompanied freight. Seafarers are required to meet the minimum standards of training as set out in the STCW Convention and no assessment is proposed to be made on the standards of seafarers operating in the Irish Sea.</p><p> </p><p>The choice of which crewing agency to employ seafarers from is a commercial decision and a matter of choice for any shipping company to make for itself. The Government does not hold data relating to which crewing agencies shipping companies use.</p><p> </p><p>There have been no recent meetings with P&amp;O where employment was discussed.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 260662 260663 260664 260665 260667 question first answered 13/06/2019 13:18:42 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1130077

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ferries: Irish Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effect of the low-cost crewing model on the number of British ratings directly employed on (a) passenger and (b) freight ferry services in the Irish sea.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	260667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The MV European Endeavour has been sold to Eckero Line and will operate on the Helsinki/Tallinn route. P&amp;O have confirmed that another vessel, the Mistral, that operated the Liverpool-Dublin route while the MV European Endeavour was undergoing a refit will continue to operate the route after the sale of the MV European Endeavor.</p><p> </p><p>P&amp;O have made a commercial decision to replace a passenger ro-ro ferry with a ro-ro cargo vessel to meet the changing demands of the freight market and particularly a rising demand for unaccompanied freight. Seafarers are required to meet the minimum standards of training as set out in the STCW Convention and no assessment is proposed to be made on the standards of seafarers operating in the Irish Sea.</p><p> </p><p>The choice of which crewing agency to employ seafarers from is a commercial decision and a matter of choice for any shipping company to make for itself. The Government does not hold data relating to which crewing agencies shipping companies use.</p><p> </p><p>There have been no recent meetings with P&amp;O where employment was discussed.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 260662 260663 260664 260665 260666 question first answered 13/06/2019 13:18:42 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1130136

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made on the installation of audio visual equipment in buses.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	260543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of accessible on-board information in helping bus passengers to travel with confidence, and in Summer 2018 published a public consultation on proposals to require its provision on local bus services throughout Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to analyse responses to the consultation and expect to announce our next steps regarding the making of Regulations and publication of guidance later in the year. In the meantime, we welcome operators’ efforts to provide accessible information onboard their services ahead of the Regulations being made.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/06/2019 10:33:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1129591

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken stop private hire cab drivers operating in areas in which they do not have a licence.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	260009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs) are permitted to undertake pre-booked work outside of the area in which they are licensed. PHVs are subject to a triple licensing lock; the operator fulfilling the request, the driver and vehicle must all be licensed by the same authority.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Government’s response to the report by the Chair of the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing, the Government will consider how restrictions on out-of-area journeys might work in practice, with a view to legislating.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 10/06/2019 12:32:19 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion