Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the regulations governing ship registration in the United Kingdom with a view to increasing the number of ships in the world fleet on the UK register without reducing standards.

There are no specific plans yet.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is currently recruiting a new Director of the UK Ship Register (UKSR) for whom an early task will be to review current regulations in light of the aspiration to grow the UKSR, and make any appropriate recommendations.