Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the future of the tonnage tax scheme.
I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous answer (254181). I have met with the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on more than one occasion recently, with Tonnage Tax being a core agenda item. Officials have also had regular and productive discussions with their counterparts in HMRC and HMT about the current and future Tonnage Tax regime.