Richard Burden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, of which correspondence groups the UK is a member within the International Maritime Organisation’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee process.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee established four correspondence groups at its 69th session dealing with Ballast Water, Fuel Oil Quality, Energy Efficiency and a Data Collection System for Fuel Consumption.

The UK is a member of all of these groups and is acting as the coordinator of the Ballast Water Group.