Question follow-through · 13363
Ferries: Channel Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions officials in her Department have had with the (a) States of Jersey, (b) States of Guernsey, (c) ferry operators and (d) trade unions on the long term provision of ferry services from (i)
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 8 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions officials in her Department have had with the (a) States of Jersey, (b) States of Guernsey, (c) ferry operators and (d) trade unions on the long term provision of ferry services from (i)
12 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2024
Answer published
Maritime officials within the Department have had no discussions on the long-term provision of ferry services from (i) Poole and (ii) Portsmouth to the Channel Islands. Ferry services are predominantly run on a commercial basis without UK government inter...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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