Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 33470
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Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 4 March 2025
Question
Andy McDonald
Labour — Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
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.
Answer
Mike KaneThe 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.