Passenger Ships
(asked on 25th July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’ proposals for older passenger boats and the effect of those proposals on (a) tourism, (b) visitors to National Historic Palaces and (c) vessels no longer being on the National Historic Ships Register; and if will she make a statement.
Answered by
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has not met with Ministers or officials from the Department for Transport to discuss the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s proposals for older passenger boats.
The Department for Transport held an initial public consultation which ran from 6 November 2018 to 29 January 2019 with a second consultation running from 29th May 2019 to 10 July 2019, which included impact assessments and took comments from a range of stakeholders. Officials at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency are happy to discuss impacts with any interested parties and consider relevant evidence.