Question follow-through · 129352
Shipping: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) falsely-flagged and (b) non-flagged vessels that have passed through the English Channel and are linked to the Russian state since July 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 27 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) falsely-flagged and (b) non-flagged vessels that have passed through the English Channel and are linked to the Russian state since July 2024.
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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27 Apr 2026
Answer published
I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave on 20 April 2026, to Question 125435.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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