Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what she intends to do with MV SMYRTOS.

I will not make specific comment on operational decisions, as to do so would only benefit Russia.

By disrupting, interdicting and detaining shadow fleet vessels, such as the SMYRTOS, the UK is directly bearing down on the resources sustaining Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and reducing its capacity to threaten security across Europe and beyond.