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Maritime Labour Convention: Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to consult maritime trade unions ahead of the fifth meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention at the International Labour Organization in

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
21 Feb 2025
Target answer date
25 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to consult maritime trade unions ahead of the fifth meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention at the International Labour Organization in

  2. 25 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Department regularly engages with the maritime trade unions, including through meetings of the UK Tripartite Working Group on the Maritime Labour Convention.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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