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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-12-17more like thismore than 2018-12-17
answering body
Department for Transport remove filter
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 remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords remove filter
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the development of short sea shipping in the UK. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Scott of Needham Market more like this
uin HL12368 more like this
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is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2018-12-19more like thismore than 2018-12-19
answer text <p>We fully support the development of short sea shipping in the UK and recognise the benefits increased uptake could provide as a means of freight transportation.</p><p> </p><p>To better understand the markets for coastal shipping and inland waterways we have commissioned a study to explore the opportunities, barriers and the potential for mode shift from inland transport networks.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Department’s forthcoming strategy – Maritime 2050 – recognises the role of short sea shipping and, more widely, sets out how the UK can remain a key competitive maritime nation through meeting the challenges of the future and taking advantage of the opportunities that arise, include those in freight transport.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Sugg more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-12-19T12:48:06.617Zmore like thismore than 2018-12-19T12:48:06.617Z
answering member
4584
label Biography information for Baroness Sugg more like this
tabling member
2542
label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Needham Market more like this
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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-12-12more like thismore than 2017-12-12
answering body
Department for Transport remove filter
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 remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords remove filter
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to maintain a central register of ballast water discharge data, as undertaken in the United States by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Teverson more like this
uin HL4110 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2017-12-21more like thismore than 2017-12-21
answer text <p>At present, there are no plans to maintain a central register of ballast water discharge data as this is not required under the International Convention.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Sugg more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-12-21T13:09:15.3Zmore like thismore than 2017-12-21T13:09:15.3Z
answering member
4584
label Biography information for Baroness Sugg more like this
tabling member
3789
label Biography information for Lord Teverson more like this