Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings (a) he and (b) his officials have had with representatives from transport trade unions to discuss P&O Ferries since he entered office on 25 October 2022.

Officials meet with representatives from relevant transport trade unions on a regular basis to discuss progress with the seafarer protections nine-point plan and Seafarers’ Wages Bill. So far, the Secretary of State has not had the opportunity to do so.