Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the UK plans to seek formal co-operation with or third country participatory membership of the European Maritime Safety Agency after the UK has left the EU.

The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising from the UK’s exit from the EU, including the implications for the continued participation in the European Maritime Safety Agency.

The UK’s continued participation with the Agency as well as continued cooperation in the field of maritime safety, will be a matter for negotiations.