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Lord Cromwell (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 June 2026

Debate

Russian Shadow Fleet

Contribution

While the Minister may have handed this off to the Department for Transport, can he comment on the likely fate of the crews of the ships that are being detained and on the future expectation of what will happen to the oil and to the ships themselves, many of which may be poorly maintained? I have a vision of our anchorages becoming full of these oil-filled rust buckets, which pose a real risk to our maritime environment. Anyone who remembers what happened with the Armada will know what happened to the ships that tried to go around the north of Scotland and down the coast. That poses a substantial environmental risk to us, should one of them come to grief. Could the Minister comment on that?

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