Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2021 to Question 84353, on Shipping: Exhaust Emissions, whether it is his policy to make collective bargaining agreements a standard condition of employment for seafarers working in green shipping corridors from UK ports.

A Trade Union must be recognised by the employer for it to enter into collective bargaining with that employer.

The recognition of Trade Unions is regulated by the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 and it not the intention of the government to change those requirements specifically for vessels operating on green corridors.