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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-07-08more like thismore than 2014-07-08
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: Exhaust Emissions more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will support a delay to the operative date of the implementation of measures to reduce sulphur emissions to allow the shipping industry to retrofit engines with sulphur extracting technology. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord MacKenzie of Culkein more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-07-15more like thismore than 2014-07-15
answer text <p>There is no exemption in the EU Directive on sulphur content of marine fuels (Directive 2012/33/EU) that would allow the UK or other EU Member States to delay implementation. The timetable for applying the sulphur limits is also an integral part of Annex VI to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (commonly known as MARPOL) and is therefore a binding obligation on states, such as the UK, which are parties to Annex VI.</p><p> </p><p>In any event, introducing a delay at this stage could be extremely damaging for those shipowners and equipment manufacturers who have invested heavily on the basis that the new limit will come into force in January 2015. Moreover, a delay in implementation would mean a delay in obtaining the benefits to the UK, notably in terms of improved air quality, which will result from the new limit.</p><p> </p><p /> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Kramer more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-07-15T11:05:24.3350602Zmore like thismore than 2014-07-15T11:05:24.3350602Z
answering member
1557
label Biography information for Baroness Kramer more like this
tabling member
2507
label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein more like this