Boats: Waste Disposal
Commons · Question 21941 · Tabled 3 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional (a) funding and (b) support for (i) local authorities and (ii) harbourmasters to (A) safely dispose of and (B) reclaim abandoned ve
Answer
Answered by Mike Kane, 13 Jan 2025
Many ports already have powers to remove, dispose of, and recoup costs pertaining to abandoned vessels. Environmental impact is a factor that may be considered as a part of a decision to intervene. If ports do not have powers to remove vessels, they can s...