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
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.
23.10.2012	Transport: access for disabled people
	This note outlines the legislative requirements for transport providers to make their services and infrastructure accessible to disabled people.
30.07.2012	Transport: passenger rights, representation and complaints
	This note provides information on passenger rights on transport modes across the EU; outlines those bodies which represent passenger interests in the UK and provides information on how to make a complaint.

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.