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1694309

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussion he has had with the Secretary of State for for Business and Trade on enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020 for seafarers working on (a) domestic shipping routes and (b) offshore oil and gas installations on the UK Continental Shelf.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	17481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/03/2024 17:25:16 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1693814

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of seafarers working on ships that regularly use UK ports who are paid less than the national minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	17186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>In 2023, the Government passed the Seafarers’ Wages Act to address this issue. Based on data and assumptions used in the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 impact assessment (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62e2aa8ed3bf7f75af0923d5/seafarers-wages-impact-assessment.pdf), the Government’s most recent estimate is that 4,400 individuals working on services in scope of the Act (i.e. those working on international services calling at a UK port at least 120 times a year) may be being paid less than the UK national minimum wage. The secondary legislation that the Department is consulting on currently will bring the Act into force to address this issue.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/03/2024 15:22:22 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1542904

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Nine-point plan for seafarers published on 6 July 2022, what progress he has made on the creation of minimum wage corridors with international partners.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	88941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government has engaged with eight of our near European neighbours on how we can collaborate to improve seafarer welfare and to explore the creation of minimum wage equivalent corridors.</p><p>Discussions are ongoing with several countries and are being pursued as a matter of priority.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 21/11/2022 12:56:38 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1464433

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the Government’s integrational engagement at the International Labour Organisation on minimum wages for seafarers in the international shipping industry.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	5463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>While the majority of the work of the ILO is agreed on a tripartite basis between governments and social partners, the Joint Maritime Committee (JMC) is a bipartite meeting between the social partners only.</p><p> </p><p>The sub-committee of the JMC on wages met in Geneva recently and agreed to raise the International Labour Organization (ILO) minimum basic wage guidelines for an able seafarer.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore before the government addresses the Office of the ILO, it is waiting for the recommendations of the Committee and of the amendments agreed to the Maritime Labour Convention by the Special Tripartite Committed to be adopted at the 346th session of the ILO Governing Body later this year and for the final reports of both Committees to be published.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 25/05/2022 14:09:30 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1459830

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the locations are of the proposed minimum wage corridors.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	157596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to working with international partners to boost seafarer protections and welfare. We have written to several states with close ferry connections to the UK, including Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands so far, to explore how we can work together on protections and the potential creation of bilateral minimum wage corridors.</p><p> </p><p>We shall also be leading integrational engagement at the International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Maritime Organization (IMO) to put minimum wages for all seafarers, everywhere, at the top of the agenda.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 27/04/2022 13:25:42 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453737

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: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the seafarers exemption for the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	145932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>We will be taking action to defend the rights of British workers and we will be encouraging workers themselves to take action under the 1996 Employment Rights Act. Colleagues at BEIS will be able to offer further insight on the legal action to be taken.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is strongly committed to the welfare and protection of workers’ rights.</p><p> </p><p>Already we have strengthened the minimum wage to apply to all seafarers ordinarily working in our territorial waters - regardless of their nationality and regardless of where the vessel they are working is registered.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, on 30 March 2022 the Transport Secretary announced a nine-point plan to Parliament to ensure there is no repeat of P&amp;O ferries actions.</p><p> </p><p>1. Changing the law so that seafarers are paid at least the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>2. Writing to ports to request they bar access to ferry operators which do not pay the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>3. Working with international partners to create minimum wage corridors.</p><p> </p><p>4. Stepping up enforcement by asking HMRC to investigate the maritime sector.</p><p> </p><p>5. Requiring the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to step up and review their enforcement policies.</p><p> </p><p>6. Financially penalising companies which use fire and rehire.</p><p> </p><p>7. Taking action against P&amp;O Ferries’ Chief Executive.</p><p> </p><p>8. Improving the long-term working conditions of seafarers.</p><p> </p><p>9. Encouraging more ships to operate under the British flag, affording the workers on board more rights.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 145933 145934 question first answered 01/04/2022 10:10:25 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453738

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: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of seafarers working on UK-international routes who are not paid the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	145933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>We will be taking action to defend the rights of British workers and we will be encouraging workers themselves to take action under the 1996 Employment Rights Act. Colleagues at BEIS will be able to offer further insight on the legal action to be taken.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is strongly committed to the welfare and protection of workers’ rights.</p><p> </p><p>Already we have strengthened the minimum wage to apply to all seafarers ordinarily working in our territorial waters - regardless of their nationality and regardless of where the vessel they are working is registered.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, on 30 March 2022 the Transport Secretary announced a nine-point plan to Parliament to ensure there is no repeat of P&amp;O ferries actions.</p><p> </p><p>1. Changing the law so that seafarers are paid at least the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>2. Writing to ports to request they bar access to ferry operators which do not pay the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>3. Working with international partners to create minimum wage corridors.</p><p> </p><p>4. Stepping up enforcement by asking HMRC to investigate the maritime sector.</p><p> </p><p>5. Requiring the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to step up and review their enforcement policies.</p><p> </p><p>6. Financially penalising companies which use fire and rehire.</p><p> </p><p>7. Taking action against P&amp;O Ferries’ Chief Executive.</p><p> </p><p>8. Improving the long-term working conditions of seafarers.</p><p> </p><p>9. Encouraging more ships to operate under the British flag, affording the workers on board more rights.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 145932 145934 question first answered 01/04/2022 10:10:25 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453739

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: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of vessels operating out of UK ports that do not pay the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	145934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>We will be taking action to defend the rights of British workers and we will be encouraging workers themselves to take action under the 1996 Employment Rights Act. Colleagues at BEIS will be able to offer further insight on the legal action to be taken.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is strongly committed to the welfare and protection of workers’ rights.</p><p> </p><p>Already we have strengthened the minimum wage to apply to all seafarers ordinarily working in our territorial waters - regardless of their nationality and regardless of where the vessel they are working is registered.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, on 30 March 2022 the Transport Secretary announced a nine-point plan to Parliament to ensure there is no repeat of P&amp;O ferries actions.</p><p> </p><p>1. Changing the law so that seafarers are paid at least the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>2. Writing to ports to request they bar access to ferry operators which do not pay the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>3. Working with international partners to create minimum wage corridors.</p><p> </p><p>4. Stepping up enforcement by asking HMRC to investigate the maritime sector.</p><p> </p><p>5. Requiring the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to step up and review their enforcement policies.</p><p> </p><p>6. Financially penalising companies which use fire and rehire.</p><p> </p><p>7. Taking action against P&amp;O Ferries’ Chief Executive.</p><p> </p><p>8. Improving the long-term working conditions of seafarers.</p><p> </p><p>9. Encouraging more ships to operate under the British flag, affording the workers on board more rights.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 145932 145933 question first answered 01/04/2022 10:10:26 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453740

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: Minimum Wage
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 potential merits of making it a condition of licence to operate out of UK ports that vessels pay the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	145935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is strongly committed to the welfare and protection of workers’ rights.</p><p> </p><p>Already we have strengthened the minimum wage to apply to all seafarers ordinarily working in our territorial waters - regardless of their nationality and regardless of where the vessel they are working is registered.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, on 30 March 2022 the Transport Secretary announced a nine-point plan to Parliament to ensure there is no repeat of P&amp;O ferries actions.</p><p> </p><p>1. Changing the law so that seafarers are paid at least the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>2. Writing to ports to request they bar access to ferry operators which do not pay the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>3. Working with international partners to create minimum wage corridors.</p><p> </p><p>4. Stepping up enforcement by asking HMRC to investigate the maritime sector.</p><p> </p><p>5. Requiring the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to step up and review their enforcement policies.</p><p> </p><p>6. Financially penalising companies which use fire and rehire.</p><p> </p><p>7. Taking action against P&amp;O Ferries’ Chief Executive.</p><p> </p><p>8. Improving the long-term working conditions of seafarers.</p><p> </p><p>9. Encouraging more ships to operate under the British flag, affording the workers on board more rights.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 01/04/2022 10:31:28 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh