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Scheduled Event - Tuesday 26th March
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Lords - Oral questions - Main Chamber
Improving food security
MP: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Food Security

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Food Security

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Food Security

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Strategy and Policy Statement for Energy Policy in Great Britain

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024

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Written Question
Shipping: Arctic
Thursday 21st March 2024

Asked by: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to monitor the safety of British ships crossing the Arctic Ocean as new shipping lanes become accessible as a result of climate change.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

His Majesty’s Government does not directly monitor the safety of British ships crossing the Arctic Ocean. However, ships transiting these waters will be monitored by those States that have Search and Rescue (SAR) responsibilities in the region.

With regards the safety of British ships in Arctic waters, the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code) came into force 1 January 2017 and requires ships operating in the Polar regions to meet enhanced safety standards which reflect the additional risks associated with those regions. The UK applies these standards through a survey and certification regime to ensure that safety standards are met and that ships operating in polar regions apply the additional safety considerations that are considered necessary.


Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Procedure and Privileges Committee: Third Report

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (IAC Report)

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Mar 2024
UK Tradeshow Programme Closure

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