Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government which international maritime legislation appears in the backlog referred to in the 20th Report of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee published on 1 March; and what is their estimate of when they expect to have cleared that backlog.

The backlog referred to in the 20^th Report related to a list produced in early 2016 of the following international instruments which were at that time awaiting transposition into UK law:

SOLAS II-1 (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes I, II and II(A)) Regulations

SOLAS II-1 (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes III to VI) Regulations

SOLAS II-1 (Cargo ship construction) Regulations

SOLAS II-1 (Amendment to noise code)

SOLAS II-2 (Fire protection) (Small ships)

SOLAS II-2 (Fire protection) (Large ships)

SOLAS II-2 (Fire Protection) (Miscellaneous amendments)

SOLAS III (Life Saving Appliances) (Entry into enclosed spaces)

SOLAS III (Lifesaving appliances) (amendments)

SOLAS III (Musters, Training and decision support systems)

SOLAS IV (Radio) (EPIRB registration)

SOLAS IV (Radio installations)

SOLAS V (Safety of navigation)

SOLAS VI (Carriage of cargoes and oil fuels)

SOLAS VII (Carriage of package irradiated fuel – carriage of dangerous goods) (INF code)

SOLAS IX (control of pollution – Management of the safe operation of ships)

SOLAS XI (Special Measures to Enhance Maritime Safety)

SOLAS XII (Additional safety measures for bulk carriers)

SOLAS XII (Gas carriers)

IMDG Code (International Maritime Dangerous Goods)

MARPOL I (Prevention of Oil pollution)

MARPOL II and IBC Code (Dangerous noxious liquids and substances in bulk)*

MARPOL III (Prevention pollution by harmful substances carried by sea in packaged form)*

MARPOL IV and V (Sewage and Garbage)

MARPOL VI (Prevention of air pollution from ships) (amendments) (regulations)

MARPOL VI (Prevention of air pollution from ships) (amendments) (order)

MARPOL VI (Nitrous Oxide and Sulphur Dioxide)

MARPOL Drilling Rigs

MLC (Maritime Labour Convention) (miscellaneous amendments) *

MLC (Minimal requirements for seafarers) *

MLC (Medical Certification) (amendments)

MLC (Compulsory financial security amendment) Regulations

STCW F (Seafarer Training Certification and Watchkeeping) (Fishing)

HSC (High Speed Craft code)

Load Line (amendments)*

COLREGS*

HNS (Hazardous and Noxious substances convention) (regulations)

HNS (Protocol)

HNS (Order)

Ballast Water regulations

* To date, six of these have been completed and a further sixteen are in progress.

It is likely that, in some cases, more than one of the above items listed will be implemented by a single Statutory Instrument. Therefore, the number of instruments required to effect the implementation will be lower than the number of items on the list as some amendments will be grouped together.

Use of the power to make ambulatory references in transposing instruments will ensure that future technical amendments to specific international instruments will be implemented automatically.

Neither the HNS Convention nor the 2010 Protocol are yet in force internationally, but it is expected the UK will implement them. In addition, the Ballast Water Convention is in force but has not been ratified by the UK, and it expected the UK will accede to it once it has been amended.

The Department is working to a programme to update the remainder by no later than the end of 2020.