Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2022 to Question 13761 on Shipping: Pay, which international partners he has had discussions with on the establishment of bilateral minimum wage equivalent corridors.

We are working with the governments of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain to build further international cooperation and to improve seafarer welfare and protections. Discussions are at an early stage but are being pursued as a matter of priority. We are progressing these on a bilateral basis and some will be developed more quickly than others.