Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 99657

Passenger Ships: Scotland

Tabled: 12 December 2025

Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the levels of cruise vessel activity in environmentally sensitive coastal areas of the west of Scotland.

Answer

Keir Mather

Department for Transport Ministers have not discussed with the Scottish Government limiting cruise ship activity. Nor have they undertaken any assessment of the levels of such activity.Cruise visits bring jobs and growth to coastal communities. That’s why...

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