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Shipping: Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she will review the existing statutory and non-statutory protections for historic vessels.

answeredDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
10 Sept 2026
Target answer date
14 Sept 2026
Answer
18 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she will review the existing statutory and non-statutory protections for historic vessels.

  2. 14 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    HMS President's historical significance is reflected in its inclusion on the Register of Historic Vessels and the National Historic Fleet, and the Government recognises the important contribution that historic vessels make to the nation's maritime heritag...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.

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HMS President

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to protect nationally significant historic vessels that are at immediate risk of destruction or irreversible damage.

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HMS President

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the loss of HMS President (formerly HMS Saxifrage) on the UK's maritime heritage.

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HMS President

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to engage with Historic England, National Historic Ships UK and other heritage organisations regarding the future preservation of HMS President.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HMS President

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what mechanisms are available to provide emergency assistance to nationally significant historic vessels facing imminent destruction.