Shipping
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on shipping and water transport. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 25.04.2013 | Military Search and Rescue to end in 2016 |
| The Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy will no longer provide a Search and Rescue Helicopter service in the UK after March 2016. A wholly civilian service run by Bristow Helicopters Ltd and managed by the Department for Transport will provide the Search and Rescue Helicopter capability for the UK. | |
| 09.04.2013 | Shipping: HM Coastguard |
| This note looks at the changes to the Coastguard service over the past few years and the recent privatisation of helicopter Search and Rescue. | |
| 17.01.2013 | Antarctic Bill - Committee Stage |
| The Antarctic Bill is presented as a Private Member's Bill by Neil Carmichael MP. This note sets out the issues discussed in the Bill Committee on 21 November 2012. These included: the timing of the enactment of the provisions relating to the liability annex, compatibility with existing shipping liability provisions, and the wider issue of the future of the British Antarctic Survey. | |
| 02.01.2013 | Ports: privatisation of trust ports |
| This note sets out the legislative procedure put in place by the previous Conservative Government to allow for the privatisation of trust ports; how this was implemented in the mid-1990s; and the possibility of more trust ports being privatised in the future. It also gives information about the proposed privatisation of the Port of Dover, which has been the subject of much controversy and was finally rejected by the Government in December 2012. | |
| 13.12.2012 | Shipping: Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill (Bill 19 of 2012-13) |
| On 17 May 2012 the Conservative MP for South East Cornwall, Sheryll Murray, was drawn twelfth in the Private Members Bill ballot. On 20 June Ms Murray introduced the Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill in the House of Commons. The Bill and accompanying Explanatory Notes were published on 12 October. The Bill received Second Reading in the House of Commons on 19 October; Committee stage on 7 November, Report stage and Third Reading on 30 November and is awaiting Second Reading in the Lords. The Bill has support from both the Government and the Opposition. |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 19.03.2010 | Transport Policy in 2010: a rough guide |
| This paper gives an overview of transport policy in the UK in 2010. It examines a range of issues related to transport policy, including policy-makers, spending on and sources of funding for transport, the transport policy of the main political parties, and the challenges in formulating transport policy in 2010. | |
| 23.01.2006 | Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill [HL] |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 20.12.2011 | Piracy off the coast of Somalia. |
| Foreign Affairs Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 10.03.2010 | The proposal for a National Policy Statement on Ports. |
| Transport Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 26.01.2010 | Ports in Wales. |
| Government response. Department for Transport; Welsh Affairs Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 20.10.2009 | Reducing CO2 and other emissions from shipping. |
| Government response. Department for Transport; Department of Energy and Climate Change; Environmental Audit Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 08.07.2009 | The Maritime and Coastguard Agency's response to growth in the UK merchant fleet. |
| Public Accounts Committee report [Commons] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 13.12.2011 | BRADLEY MANNING |
| That this House notes the upcoming pre-trial hearing of Private First Class Bradley Manning on 16 December 2011; expresses its hope for a free and fair trial process; further notes ... | |
| 29.11.2011 | BRITISH PASSPORT-ONLY LANES AT PORTS |
| That this House recognises the frustration and anger of many British citizens in having to wait in long queues at entry ports on re-entering the country; applauds the Home Secretary's ... | |
| 31.10.2011 | PADDLE STEAMER WAVERLEY |
| That this House notes the good work done by the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society in safeguarding the only paddle steamer left in the world, Paddle Steamer Waverley; further notes ... | |
| 11.10.2011 | CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE PADDLE STEAMER WAVERLEY |
| That this House pays tribute to the Waverley Steam Navigation Company, a registered charity, for its work in maintaining and operating Paddle Steamer Waverley, the world's last sea-going ... | |
| 10.10.2011 | CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE WAVERLEY PADDLE STEAMER |
| That this House regrets that summer season2011 might see the last sailing of the paddle steamer Waverley; notes that the Waverley is the only such British vessel that has been preserved ... |
POST Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 01.12.2008 | River basin management plans, December 2008 |
| This POSTnote outlines some of the challenges in implementing River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) in the UK to meet Water Framework Directive (WFD) objectives. |
