Seaborne Freight Debate

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Department: Department for Transport
Tuesday 8th January 2019

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Sugg Portrait Baroness Sugg
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My Lords, we are absolutely confident that it is fully compliant. We duly published the details of the contract. As with many operators in the maritime sector, it is not uncommon for it not to own its own vessels. Many operators charter them through third parties, as Seaborne is doing.

Lord Adonis Portrait Lord Adonis (Lab)
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My Lords, who is paying for the dredging at Ramsgate? The noble Baroness did not answer that question.

Baroness Sugg Portrait Baroness Sugg
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It is not part of this contract. I believe that the cost is around £1.5 million. I will have to get back to the noble Lord with the exact details of who will pay for it.