Transport written question – answered at on 27 July 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport
(1) what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have held with the British Chamber of Shipping on the Carter Review into seafarers' pay differentials;
(2) what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have held with the European Commission on the Carter Review into seafarers' pay differentials; and whether the European Commission has expressed support for the Carter Review recommendations.;
(3) whether his Department has received any (a) legal advice or (b) guidance from the European Commission over the last five years on the Government's obligations on seafarers pay differentials.
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The views of the European Commission or its officials on legal issues relating to seafarers' pay differentials have been set out on several occasions in the last five years in correspondence or at meetings with Department for Transport officials.
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