New Clause 1 - Supplementary fund protocol: annual report on ratification
Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill [Lords]
11:00 am
Stephen Ladyman (Minister of State, Department for Transport; South Thanet, Labour)
I encourage the hon. Gentleman to be cautious before he criticises other members of the EU who have not ratified the protocol. We have not ratified it yet, and that is why we are here. We can hardly criticise others if they are going through the same process as we are in respect of the time scale.