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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-06-19more like thismore than 2019-06-19
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 MV Princess Freda more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government how many passengers have lost their lives while travelling on the Princess Freda since she began operating as a passenger vessel on the Thames; and what assessment they have made of the extent to which the seaworthiness of that vessel is demonstrated by the number of soldiers she rescued during the Dunkirk evacuation. more like this
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Lord West of Spithead more like this
uin HL16522 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-06-26more like thismore than 2019-06-26
answer text <p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) report that to their knowledge no instances of loss of life on the Princess Freda have been reported to them during her operation as a Thames passenger vessel.</p><p> </p><p>As with all UK passenger ships, Princess Freda is subject to annual survey by the MCA to maintain passenger ship certification in accordance with the appropriate standards. Her operational record during the Dunkirk evacuation would not have formed part of her initial assessment as a passenger ship nor any subsequent annual verifications.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-06-26T15:56:23.623Zmore like thismore than 2019-06-26T15:56:23.623Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton more like this
tabling member
3834
label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead remove filter