Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met with representatives of the UK’s older passenger boat sector; and if he will make a statement.

Policy officials from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) meet regularly with representatives and operators from the domestic passenger vessels sector. This includes operators of older and newer vessels.

The last occasion was on 4 April 2019 at a London Operators meeting. The MCA also held a Workshop on 26 March 2019 to discuss proposed changes to safety legislation affecting this sector which included representative bodies and individual operators in the sector.