Department for Transport written question – answered at on 27 April 2017.
Alex Salmond
Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader (International Affairs and Europe)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to review the Certificates of Equivalent Competency system.
John Hayes
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has a specialist team that checks that any seafarer, who applies for a Certificate of Equivalent Competency to allow them to work on a UK-flagged ship, meets the necessary standards.
The UK Government is satisfied that the process is working and has no plans to change the current arrangements.
Yes4 people think so
No4 people think not
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