Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the outcomes of the 105th Session of the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organisation held in London on 20-29 April 2022.

The UK continues to play an active role within the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and treats matters related to maritime safety with the utmost importance. As with all meetings of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), the Ministers remains sighted of the full agenda spanning a wide variety of policy areas which for the 105^th Session included ship construction standards, maritime autonomous surface ships, maritime security and piracy, and the provision of satellites which transmit Marine Safety Information.

The Department continues to monitor the outcomes of all IMO Committees and how these affect domestic policy matters. In this instance, those of the 105^th Session of the Maritime Safety Committee and how these affect domestic policy matters.