Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2022 to Question 145940, on P&O Ferries: Redundancy, whether it was while standing at the Despatch Box that he was first informed that the (a) Kent Resilience Forum or (b) Cabinet Office were being convened to manage disruption as a result of potential dismissals of employees by P&O Ferries.

The Transport Secretary was standing at the Despatch Box on Thursday 17 March when he was passed a note about employee dismissals taking place.