Question follow-through · 126527
Flags of Convenience
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, What her policy is on the use of vessels registered on Flags of Convenience by contractors delivering the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s Civil Hydrography Programme.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 13 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 21 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, What her policy is on the use of vessels registered on Flags of Convenience by contractors delivering the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s Civil Hydrography Programme.
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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21 Apr 2026
Answer published
The MCA’s UK CHP Survey Specification details the Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP)-specific requirements for conducting hydrographic surveys undertaken on behalf of the MCA, in order to deliver UK requirements and services. The Survey Specification is us...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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