Emergency Tug provision
Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he plans to take to ensure adequate marine emergency coverage for the Highlands and Islands following the removal of the Anglian Prince tug boat in 2011.
Michael Penning (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Roads and Motoring), Transport; Hemel Hempstead, Conservative)
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Good question, detailed (if unsatisfactory) response. Now can someone keep me appraised of what actually happens and who actually meets with whom. Is it all bluster and waffle, or is there a cunning plan?
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he plans to take to ensure adequate marine emergency coverage for the Highlands and Islands following the removal of the Anglian Prince tug boat in 2011.
Michael Penning (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Roads and Motoring), Transport; Hemel Hempstead, Conservative)
holding answer 4 November 2010
The current contract for the provision of emergency towing vessels at public expense will not be renewed when it expires in September 2011. Between now and the end of the contract, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency intends to work with the shipping and wider maritime industries, and also with local interested parties, local authorities and the Scottish Government, to explore options for ensuring the effective operation of commercial arrangements could operate in the future.----
Good question, detailed (if unsatisfactory) response. Now can someone keep me appraised of what actually happens and who actually meets with whom. Is it all bluster and waffle, or is there a cunning plan?
1 comment:
If Holyrood is responsible for enforcing the fishing rules, then why not make it responsible for the tugs?
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