Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the shipping sector and (b) Cabinet colleagues on a green shipping fund, in advance of COP26.

Officials have undertaken extensive research, in consultation with the shipping sector and other Government Departments, on the level of investment required for the UK’s domestic maritime sector to achieve net zero by 2050. This research had been published in support of its Clean Maritime Plan on GOV.UK.