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1141437

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date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his maritime policies of the decision by international shipping company CMA CGM to reflag 40 vessels away from the UK Ship Register between February and April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	281107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>As an international shipping company, CMA CGM can make their own conclusions about which Flag State they are flagged based on their business and operational requirements.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 31/07/2019 16:24:31 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1141439

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his maritime policies of the figures published by Lloyds List Intelligence in June 2019 which showed that the UK Ship Register lost a third of its tonnage in the past 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	281109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>In June 2019, the UK Flag attracted over 60,000 Gross Tonnes (GT) to the UK Ship Register.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also launched its Maritime 2050 strategy that sets a clear and ambitious vision for the industry over the next three decades.</p><p> </p><p>A maritime policy decision was made to expand owner eligibility and bareboat charter out services from March 2019 which allows more quality companies to join the UK Flag, ones that would not require an EU Flag post Brexit. This change increases the likelihood of growing the UK Ship Register.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 31/07/2019 16:57:08 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1141440

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on changes to the UK Ship Register.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	281110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has agreed Maritime Growth as one of its three core strategic priorities and they intend to offer increasingly high‑quality services to enhance the UK Flag’s reputation, which in turn will hopefully attract new customers.</p><p> </p><p>They have also integrated the UK Ship Register with its operational Directorate of Maritime Standards and Services to ensure that they are best placed for delivering services in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 31/07/2019 10:51:22 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1141445

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2019 to Question 275760, what assessment he has made of the effect of delaying the reassessment of the star rating of the strategic road network for the planning and resource allocation for major risk areas in Road Investment Strategy 2 between 2020 and 2025.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	281115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) will, among other things, set performance objectives for Highways England and the funding available to deliver them. It is for Highways England to decide what action to take and where in order to achieve those objectives. Highways England will review the star rating of the strategic road network when it is re-evaluated in support of its delivery of RIS2.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 31/07/2019 11:19:45 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald