Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the members of the Government’s official delegations were at all meetings of the International Maritime Organisation’s Marine Environment Protection Committee since May 2015.

Since May 2015 there have been four meetings of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee. The United Kingdom was represented at all of these meetings by:

Head of Delegation

Miss Katy Ware, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to IMO, Head, International Maritime Coordination, Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)

Advisers

Mr. Bennett Ng, Environmental Policy Specialist, MCA

Mr. Jonathan Simpson, Head, Environmental Policy, MCA

Mr. Kevin Hunter, International Relations Manager (Technical), MCA

Mrs. Leanne Page, Policy Adviser, MCA

Ms. Lorraine Weller, Senior Policy Adviser, MCA

Dr. Zabi Bazari, Managing Director, Energy and Emissions Solutions

In addition, the following delegates represented the UK at these meetings:

MEPC 68 – 11 to 15 May 2015

Advisers

Ms. Claire McAllister, Assistant Director, Maritime Safety and Environment Division, DfT

Mr. Godfrey Souter, Head, Climate Change and Environment, DfT

Mr. Ian Timpson, Senior Policy Adviser, Ship Emissions and Recycling, DfT

Mr. Tony Cunningham, Policy Adviser, Climate Change, DfT

Mr. Ben Rattenbury, Senior Policy Adviser, Department of Energy and Climate Change

Ms. Victoria Volossov, Policy Adviser, Department of Energy and Climate Change

Mr. David MacRae, Marine Surveyor, MCA

Mr. Bjorn Emtage, Assistant Policy Adviser, MCA

Mr. Ronald Allen, Policy Lead, Stability, MCA

Mr. Paul Grace, Technical Policy Lead, IOM Ship Registry, Department of Economic Development, Government of the Isle of Man

Mr. Motonobu Tsuchiya, Principal Specialist for IMO/IACS, External Affairs, Lloyd's Register EMEA

Mr. Dimitris Argyros, Environmental Specialist, Lloyd's Register EMEA

Mr. John Bradshaw, Principal Specialist, Engineering, Marine Technology and

Engineering Systems, Lloyd's Register EMEA

Mr. Jonathan Morley, Technical Lead, MARPOL, Lloyd's Register EMEA

Ms. Katharine Palmer, Manager, Environment and Sustainability, Lloyd's Register EMEA

MEPC 69 - 18 to 22 April 2016

Advisers

Ms. Lola Fadina, Assistant Director, Maritime Safety and Environment Division,

DfT

Ms. Laura Marquis, Head of Climate Change and Environment, DfT

Mr. Tony Cunningham, Policy Adviser, Climate Change, DfT

Mr. Edward Donaldson-Balan, Policy Adviser, International Aviation and Climate Change, DfT

Ms. Melanie Pennant, Senior Lawyer, DfT

Mr. Robert Cheeseman, Legal Officer, DfT

Mr. Neil Beauchamp, Policy Adviser, International Negotations, Climate Diplomacy Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Mr. Paul Grace, Technical Policy Lead, IOM Ship Registry

Mr. Martyn Oates, Policy and Research Officer, IOM Ship Registry

Mr. David Balston, Director, Safety and Environment, UK Chamber of Shipping

Ms. Anna Ziou, Policy Assistant, UK Chamber of Shipping

Mr. Motonobu Tsuchiya, Principal Specialist for IMO/IACS, External Affairs, Lloyd's Register EMEA

Ms. Yue Yao, Principal Specialist and Statutory Section Leader, Shanghai Technical Support Office, Lloyd's Register EMEA

Ms. Christiana Ntouni, Specialist, External Affairs, Lloyd's Register EMEA

Dr. Wei Chen, Head of Research and Development, Hamworthy Water Systems

Mr. Ian Timpson, Senior Policy Adviser, Ship Emissions and Recycling, DfT

Mr. David MacRae, Marine Surveyor, MCA

Mr. Andy Wibroe, Policy Lead-Marine Equipment Directive, MCA

MEPC 70 – 24 to 28 October 2016

Advisers

Ms. Claire McAllister, Assistant Director, Maritime Safety and Environment Division (MSE), DfT

Ms. Laura Marquis, Head, Climate Change and Environment, DfT

Mr. Ian Timpson, Senior Policy Adviser, Ship Emissions and Recycling, DfT

Ms. Stavroulla Economou, Policy Adviser, Maritime Climate Change, DfT

Ms. Kim Brown, Senior Environmental Inspector, Defence Safety and Environment Authority - Defence Maritime Regulator, Ministry of Defence

Ms. Samantha Langford-Holt, Marine Environmental Protection Officer, Ministry of Defence

Ms. Lindsey Hibberd, Senior Policy Manager, Global Carbon Markets, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Ms. Anna Croos, Engagement Adviser, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mr. James Luetchford, Parliamentary and Ministerial Relations, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mrs. Rebecca Austin, Deputy Receiver of Wreck, MCA

Mr. David Balston, Director, Safety and Environment, UK Chamber of Shipping

Ms. Anna Ziou, Policy Assistant, UK Chamber of Shipping

Ms. Yue Yao, Principal Specialist in Charge, Statutory Section, Shanghai Technical Support Office, Lloyd’s Register Asia

Dr. Nagaraja Reddy Devalapalli, Principal Specialist, Strategic Research, Lloyd’s Register EMEA

Dr. Wei Chen, Head, Research and Development, Hamworthy Water Systems

MEPC 71 – 3 to 7 July 2017

Advisers

Ms. Claire McAllister, Assistant Director, Maritime Safety and Environment Division, DfT

Ms. Katie Carleton, Head, Climate Change and Environment, DfT

Ms. Stavroulla Economou, Policy Adviser, Maritime Climate Change, DfT

Ms. Hannah Gray, Legal Officer, DfT

Mr. Gwilym Stone, IMO and EU Lead, MCA

Mr. Stuart Hannam, Principal, EU and International Standards, MCA

Mr. Yue Yao, Principal Specialist in Charge, Statutory Section, Lloyd’s Register Asia

Ms. Anna Ziou, Policy Director, UK Chamber of Shipping

Mr. Wu Shilel, Senior Emissions Specialist, Engineering Systems, Lloyd's Register EMEA

Mr. Ralph Bunch, Policy Adviser, Environment Strategy, Department for Transport (DfT)