Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Recruitment and Placement) Regulations 2014 in regulating compliance in the ferry sector with the provisions on (a) seafarer employment agreements and (b) financial systems of protection for seafarers.

No review of the effectiveness of the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Recruitment and Placement) Regulations 2014 has been made in relation to the ferry sector. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency aims to publish a post-implementation review of the Regulations by the end of the year.