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Tankers: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring that oil tankers that pass through the English Channel are adequately insured.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
23 Jul 2024
Target answer date
25 Jul 2024
Answer
29 Jul 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring that oil tankers that pass through the English Channel are adequately insured.

  2. 25 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the importance of addressing the safety and security of vessels that transit through the English Channel, such as the possible environmental threat posed by oil tankers in the Russian ‘shadow fleet’. At the recent European Politi...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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