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1461874

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation and Shipping: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to identify Russian-owned aircraft and ships located in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>We are actively working with departments and agencies across government, with industry, and Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, to enforce sanctions against Russia – including the identification of Russian-owned aircraft and ships.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 17/05/2022 09:21:00 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1461879

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation and Shipping: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Russian-owned vessels have been seized at ports and airfields since sanctions have been introduced in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>We are actively working with departments and agencies across Government to identify all aircraft and vessels, including leisure craft, that fall within the scope of the sanctions Regulations. To date, three aircraft have been detained, and two remain under a restriction of flying order pending investigation. At least 28 ships have been frustrated by the maritime sanctions, and one superyacht has been detained.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 17/05/2022 09:17:57 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1461884

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to ensure the Maritime Labour Convention applies to all vessels operating in UK territorial waters.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>It is both the Department’s policy, and the United Kingdom’s legal obligation, as a country which has ratified the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC), to apply the standards of the MLC to UK flagged ships anywhere in the world and to foreign flagged ships calling at UK ports.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 17/05/2022 10:03:42 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1453540

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the shipping industry's announcement to become net zero by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	145843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is working to accelerate efforts to decarbonise the international shipping sector and therefore welcomes calls from the industry for higher ambition in the International Maritime Organization’s Initial Strategy on greenhouse gas reduction when it is revised in 2023. The UK is committed to building consensus through the IMO to ensure international shipping emissions peak and decline in line with the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement.</p><p>The IMO will need robust policy measures in place to achieve these ambitious goals, and the UK will play a leading role in shaping these measures to ensure they are fit for purpose.</p><p> </p><p>Domestically, the UK will reduce emissions to net zero across the whole economy by 2050, including emissions from domestic shipping. The Transport Decarbonisation Plan, published in summer 2021, sets out our commitments to accelerate the UK’s transition to net zero shipping.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 29/03/2022 15:00:47 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1453541

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timeframe is for the reporting of the research projects being carried out under the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	145844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>Research projects funded by the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition will be completed by 31<sup>st</sup> March 2022. Projects will then share an end of project report with the Department for Transport and Innovate UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 29/03/2022 14:06:54 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1453542

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of overseas trade that will be delivered to the UK through the maritime industry in the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	145845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport monitors and publishes port freight statistics on a quarterly and annual basis. The department’s published port freight statistics for the last quarter of 2021<sup>1</sup> and for both 2020<sup>2</sup> and 2019<sup>3</sup> are provided below. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused worldwide disruption to trade, and its impacts on the maritime sector are evidenced in these statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Port freight statistics October 2021 – December 2021: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/port-freight-quarterly-statistics-october-to-december-2021/port-freight-quarterly-statistics-october-to-december-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/port-freight-quarterly-statistics-october-to-december-2021/port-freight-quarterly-statistics-october-to-december-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>[2] Port freight annual statistics 2020 report: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/port-freight-annual-statistics-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/port-freight-annual-statistics-2020</a></p><p> </p><p>[3] Port freight annual statistics: 2019 report: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/port-freight-annual-statistics-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/port-freight-annual-statistics-2019</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 29/03/2022 15:03:00 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1453543

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of the introduction of the Clydebank Declaration on the maritime industry.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	145846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>Signatory states to this UK-led COP26 initiative have declared their ambition and intent to support the establishment of green shipping corridors – routes between two or more ports on which zero-emission shipping solutions are demonstrated and supported.</p><p> </p><p>This initiative aims to accelerate the deployment of zero emission technologies and fuels over the next decade and beyond, enabling the transition to zero-emission shipping, and is designed to complement action at the International Maritime Organization (IMO).</p><p> </p><p>The 22 states have a collective aim to support the establishment of at least 6 green corridors by the middle of this decade, while aiming to scale activity up in the following years.</p><p> </p><p>It is also expected that the Declaration will unlock opportunities for the maritime industry and provide socioeconomic benefits for communities in countries involved. The Government’s leadership on the Declaration and ongoing work to implement it by supporting the establishment of UK corridors puts us in a strong position to seize these benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 29/03/2022 14:55:24 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1453544

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what policy objectives will be achieved by the Maritime 2050 strategy.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	145847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>Maritime 2050 is the challenging, ambitious vision for the future of UK Maritime. It sets out 184 recommendations across seven themes (UK competitive advantage, technology, people, environment, trade, infrastructure and security &amp; resilience). These recommendations provide the blueprint for dealing with the challenges facing the sector such as climate change and resilience events; preparing for long term growth in seaborne trade; emergence of disruptive technologies; ensuring that the sector has the skills and experience it needs; as well as maintaining the UK’s reputation for setting the highest standards on maritime safety and seafarer rights and welfare.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the maritime sector we will be publishing a Recovery Route Map in the coming months setting out the short-term actions that government and industry will take to help the sector come back stronger and even more resilient.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 145848 question first answered 28/03/2022 11:50:52 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1453545

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department will publish the maritime recovery route map.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	145848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>Maritime 2050 is the challenging, ambitious vision for the future of UK Maritime. It sets out 184 recommendations across seven themes (UK competitive advantage, technology, people, environment, trade, infrastructure and security &amp; resilience). These recommendations provide the blueprint for dealing with the challenges facing the sector such as climate change and resilience events; preparing for long term growth in seaborne trade; emergence of disruptive technologies; ensuring that the sector has the skills and experience it needs; as well as maintaining the UK’s reputation for setting the highest standards on maritime safety and seafarer rights and welfare.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the maritime sector we will be publishing a Recovery Route Map in the coming months setting out the short-term actions that government and industry will take to help the sector come back stronger and even more resilient.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 145847 question first answered 28/03/2022 11:50:52 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1453546

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to help enforce the Marine Environment Protection Committee's adopted amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Annex VI for foreign-flagged vessels passing through UK territorial waters.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	145849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>In June 2021, the 76th session of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee adopted amendments to MARPOL Annex VI designed to improve the technical and operational efficiency of existing vessels. All ships which meet the new international requirements under the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) and the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) will be issued with a certificate to confirm compliance. The measures will come into force on 1 January 2023.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be practical to inspect foreign flagged vessels transiting UK waters to confirm compliance to MARPOL Annex VI. However, any foreign flagged vessel arriving at a UK port – or any other port that is in a State which is a Party to MARPOL Annex VI – is liable for inspection under the existing and well-established Port State Control regime.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 29/03/2022 14:58:37 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord