Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the Civil Aviation Authority on necessary regulatory arrangements to enable the testing of the interoperability of maritime unmanned surface vehicles and airborne drones.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency are in the process of initiating discussions with the Civil Aviation Authority on the appropriate regulatory arrangements to enable the testing of the interoperability of unmanned surface craft and airborne drones.