Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the P&O Ferries’ ships European Causeway and European Highlander, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of Part 4 of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 on wages for ferry crews.

The Government is clear that anyone entitled to be paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) should receive it. In 2020, the government legislated to ensure that seafarers who are working in the UK territorial sea are entitled to be paid the minimum wage, regardless of where they ordinarily work or where their ship is registered.