Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Sep 2021
UK Maritime Sector
"I beg to move,
That this House has considered the UK’s maritime sector.
It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir George. May I first draw the House’s attention to my declaration of interests? I am also chair of the all-party parliamentary group for shipbuilding and ship …..."Lord Beamish - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Sep 2021
UK Maritime Sector
"The hon. Gentleman speaks with a great deal of knowledge, and he raises an interesting point. I think the understanding is that we cannot ever compete with the Koreans or others in the far east, because they will do the work cheaper. He knows as well as I do that …..."Lord Beamish - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Sep 2021
UK Maritime Sector
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Sep 2021
UK Maritime Sector
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Sep 2021
UK Maritime Sector
"Will the Minister inform the House whether he has any indication of when the refresh of the national shipbuilding strategy will be produced? I know that is in the hands of the Ministry of Defence, and the MOD’s idea of summer—or any season, frankly—bears no relevance to anything that we …..."Lord Beamish - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Sep 2021
UK Maritime Sector
"I thank the Minister, who has a real passion for the sector and for aviation. We have had a good, well-informed debate. The main point is clear: this is about people and the skills we need for those people. We cannot take those for granted and we must invest in …..."Lord Beamish - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 12th July 2021
Asked by:
Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, from which country and location in that country each boat in the service of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency was procured from.
Answered by Robert Courts
The Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) the Ievoli Black is the only vessel procured by MCA. This procurement was conducted under an 'Open Procedure' via the Official Journal to the European Union. The current vessel has been procured from an Italian organisation.
Written Question
Monday 5th July 2021
Asked by:
Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions officials of his Department have had with relevant stakeholders on investment in UK ports to develop shore power facilities.
Answered by Robert Courts
Shore power has a role to play in immediately reducing emissions from vessels visiting port. I and my officials routinely engage with industry stakeholders such as port operators to discuss investment to develop lower emission infrastructure, including shore power facilities.
Shore-side low and zero carbon fuelling including bunkering of such fuels are in scope of the £20m Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, which will fund feasibility studies and initial technology trials to support the transition to zero emission shipping and cleaner, greener ports.
Written Question
Friday 2nd July 2021
Asked by:
Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the international competitiveness of UK seafarer training.
Answered by Robert Courts
The Department for Transport have established a Maritime Skills Commission (MSC) to lead the sector’s work in ensuring the maritime sector has a pipeline of talented people to serve all parts of the sector. The Commissions has recently completed and published a review of seafarer cadet training. Working with stakeholders the MSC and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency will look at taking forward these recommendations.
Refreshing the seafarer training system in the UK will allow the well-regarded UK maritime training sector to strengthen its position internationally and meet the future skills needs of the sector.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Jun 2021
International Travel
"The Prime Minister has acknowledged that this summer will not be typical with regard to international travel. Regional airports such as Newcastle International rely on the summer season to generate the bulk of their revenue and tide them over during the quiet periods in the winter. Will the Secretary of …..."Lord Beamish - View Speech
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