Republic of Ireland: Aids to Navigation Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Republic of Ireland: Aids to Navigation

Lord Clinton-Davis Excerpts
Monday 25th February 2013

(11 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, it is interesting to note that the Atkins report, commissioned by this Government in 2010, recommended that we retain the Northern Lighthouse Board and Trinity House to provide lights in Scotland and England respectively. We have no intention of changing those arrangements.

Lord Clinton-Davis Portrait Lord Clinton-Davis
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My Lords, what contingencies exist for aids to navigation in the EU, Britain and Ireland? Will the Minister address that issue?

Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, I am not quite sure what the noble Lord is getting at, but it is important to understand that the specification for aids to navigation would, I imagine, come under IMO auspices rather than EU auspices.