Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 81365

Shipping: Conditions of Employment

Tabled: 13 October 2025

Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Navendu Mishra

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce legislation to provide UK seafarers with equivalent (a) redundancy, (b) dismissal protections and (c) other employment rights to onshore workers.

Answer

Keir Mather

The Government is committed to strengthening workers’ rights at sea, and the Employment Rights Bill includes measures to improve protections for seafarers facing collective redundancy, and powers to protect the working conditions of seafarers aboard frequ...

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