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Asked by Andy McDonaldLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 4 March 2025UIN 33470

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Dover Harbour Board has requested an equivalence declaration from P&O Ferries under Section 5 of the Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024.

Answered by Mike Kane

The Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 and Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024 do not require harbour authorities to inform the Secretary of State of requests for declarations, or of responses to requests of declarations from operators.

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