Department for Transport written question – answered at on 19 April 2022.
Louise Haigh
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has held with the port authority on the potential merits of giving them statutory powers to refuse access to regular ferry services which do not pay their crew the national minimum wage.
Robert Courts
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Government is engaging with port authorities on this issue. To ensure that seafarers are being treated fairly, the Government is giving British port authorities new statutory powers to ensure all regular ferry services must comply with National Minimum Wage law.
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