Maritime 2050: objectives, implementation and effects

Transport Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 1 Mar 2022 Closed: 20 Jun 2023 Parliament page
The Department for Transport leads on maritime policy in government. Maritime includes the shipping, ports, services, engineering and leisure marine industries. Government strategy to support the maritime sector is set out in Maritime 2050: Navigating the future published in January 2019. Read the call for evidence for more detail about … Read more
21 Recommendations
15 Conclusions
1 Report
3 Oral sessions
1 Letter
3 Events
Activity timeline 9 events
20 Jun
2023
Report published
20 Mar
2023
Report published
20 Jul
2022
Correspondence
22 Jun
2022
Oral evidence
22 Jun
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
25 May
2022
Oral evidence
25 May
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 8, Palace of Westminster
11 May
2022
Oral evidence
11 May
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 3 sessions
22 Jun 2022
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Ben Murray · Maritime UK Ian Blair · Maritime and Coastguard Agency Petra Wilkinson · Department for Transport Robert Courts MP · Department for Transport
25 May 2022
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Darren Proctor · National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers (RMT) David Tournay · Maritime Skills Alliance Dr Basil Germond Huw Gullick · NOC Innovations Martyn Gray · Nautilus International Professor John Hudson CBE · MarRI-UK
11 May 2022
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Chris Shirling-Rooke MBE · Maritime UK David Kennedy Browne · Maersk Gavin Simmonds · UK Chamber of Shipping Jos Standerwick · Maritime London Lucy Armstrong · Port of Tyne Mark Simmonds · The British Ports Association
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fifth Report - Maritime 2050 HC 160 20 Mar 2023 36 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
15 Recommendation Deferred
Fifth Report - Maritime 2050
The Department for Transport should publish the outcome of its consultation on maritime autonomy and...
The Department for Transport should publish the outcome of its consultation on maritime autonomy and remote operations as soon as possible so the sector has a Maritime 2050 57 clear understanding of the regulatory framework it will be operating within. … Read more
Government Response
The government partially agrees, but states the reforms cannot be legislated for during the current parliamentary session due to competing priorities elsewhere; the government response to the Future of Transport review will be published in the coming weeks and that providing legal certainty to industry in this area remains a priority that we will take forward when parliamentary time allows.
Department for Transport
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23 Recommendation Deferred
Fifth Report - Maritime 2050
We have heard evidence suggesting that the Marine Management Organisation may be acting as a...
We have heard evidence suggesting that the Marine Management Organisation may be acting as a stumbling block rather than a facilitator of a thriving maritime economy. The Minister for Maritime needs to work with the Secretary of State for Environment, … Read more
Government Response
The government will work with industry this summer to understand the nature of the issues being experienced with the Marine Management Organisation and set an action plan, and will also encourage ports to input into the imminent freight planning Call for Evidence, with potential for DfT and port representation on MMO governance forums.
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Government Response AI assessment · 34 of 21 classified
Accepted 16
Accepted in Part 4
Acknowledged 10
Deferred 2
Rejected 2
Total 21 recs + 15 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
20 Jul 2022 Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Maritime, Department for Transport, relating to Maritime 2050: objectives, implementation and effects, dated 11 July 2022
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