Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the locations are of the proposed minimum wage corridors.

We are committed to working with international partners to boost seafarer protections and welfare. We have written to several states with close ferry connections to the UK, including Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands so far, to explore how we can work together on protections and the potential creation of bilateral minimum wage corridors.

We shall also be leading integrational engagement at the International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Maritime Organization (IMO) to put minimum wages for all seafarers, everywhere, at the top of the agenda.