Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have met representatives from P&O Ferries Ltd since 17 March 2022.

Since P&O Ferries took the decision to make nearly 800 staff redundant, DfT Ministers have met with their representatives once, on the day of the announcement.

This was to make clear our anger with the disgraceful actions they had taken, and that we will do everything we can to protect workers’ rights and to ensure vessels are safe for staff and passengers.