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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-10-07more like thismore than 2020-10-07
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Shipping: Carbon Emissions more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the economic effect of investing in maritime decarbonisation. more like this
tabling member constituency Kilmarnock and Loudoun more like this
tabling member printed
Alan Brown more like this
uin 100474 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-10-14more like thismore than 2020-10-14
answer text <p>In 2015, the Department published the Maritime Growth Study, which considered all aspects of the maritime sector and identified where action could be taken to generate growth<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. Following the publication of Maritime 2050 in 2019, which builds on the findings of the Maritime Growth Study, the Department published the Clean Maritime Plan, which identified the potential for clean economic growth in the UK as a result of the transition to zero emission shipping<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the Plan, the Department published an assessment of the value of potential economic opportunities from low and zero emission shipping. This review provided a framework for assessing the scale of the opportunity generated by emission reduction technologies, including a mapping of the relevant supply chain, an assessment of the global uptake of these technologies, the economic footprint of the UK firms in the supply chain and the UK’s share of global export of these technologies<sup><sup>[3]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maritime-growth-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maritime-growth-study</a></p><p><sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/815664/clean-maritime-plan.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/815664/clean-maritime-plan.pdf</a></p><p><sup><sup>[3]</sup></sup> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/815666/economic-opportunities-low-zero-emission-shipping.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/815666/economic-opportunities-low-zero-emission-shipping.pdf</a></p>
answering member constituency Witney more like this
answering member printed Robert Courts more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-10-14T14:41:27.62Zmore like thismore than 2020-10-14T14:41:27.62Z
answering member
4589
label Biography information for Robert Courts more like this
tabling member
4470
label Biography information for Alan Brown more like this