Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 33470

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Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 4 March 2025

Question

Andy McDonald

LabourMiddlesbrough 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 Kane
The 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.