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Amendments 143A and 143AA also address the 120-calls threshold and seek to further probe the Government’s thinking. Of course, the Government are to be applauded for bringing forward Clause 29, as it strengthens the specific law broken by P&O Ferries at Sections 193A and 285 of TULRCA 1992. However, inserting the 120 calls per year criterion in Clause 29 restricts protections for seafarers and raises wider concerns about the jurisdiction of the Bill for seafarers, especially those working on foreign-flagged ships from UK ports.