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<p>As Minister responsible for shipping matters on behalf of the Secretary of State
for Transport, I am aware that my officials in the Maritime and Coastguard Agency
(MCA) have developed an impact assessment on its proposals for older domestic passenger
ships which is updated from time to time as new information is received, and is progressing
through the normal government scrutiny process.</p><p> </p><p>A draft of the impact
assessment (IA) was published during a public consultation which ran from 6 November
2018 to 29 January 2019. Consultees were invited to comment on the validity of the
analysis in the IA and encouraged to provide information that would help to strengthen
this. A further consultation focussing on the policy and legislation was carried out
between 29 May and 10 July 2019. No specific discussion took place between the Department
and regional tourism bodies, but the consultation was open to comments from them.
The IA was amended to take account of any relevant comments received. A drop-in session
was held for Honourable Members to raise any concerns in May 2019.</p>
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