Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Nine-point plan for seafarers published on 6 July 2022, what progress he has made on the creation of minimum wage corridors with international partners.

The Government has engaged with eight of our near European neighbours on how we can collaborate to improve seafarer welfare and to explore the creation of minimum wage equivalent corridors.

Discussions are ongoing with several countries and are being pursued as a matter of priority.