Question follow-through · 4736
Unmanned Marine Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a sandbox for marine autonomy on innovation and growth among Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a sandbox for marine autonomy on innovation and growth among Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jun 2026
Answer published
As announced in the King’s Speech, the Regulating for Growth Bill will create cross-economy “sandboxing powers”. The Department for Transport will explore the use of these powers to establish a regulatory sandbox for maritime autonomy. The sandbox is not ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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