§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many reported breaches there have been by signatory nations in each of the years since its introduction of the international convention on standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers of 1978.
§ Mr. David MitchellNone. This convention came into force on 28 April 1984, and no reports have been circulated.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many reported breaches there have been by signatory nations in each of the years since is introduction of the Torremolinos international convention for the safety of fishing vessels of 1977.
§ Mr. David MitchellNone. The convention has not yet entered into force.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many reported breaches there have been by signatory nations in each of the years since its introduction of the Athens convention relating to the carrying of passengers and their luggage by sea of 1974.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe Athens convention provides a legal liability regime but does not provide any procedure for reporting breaches. It has not yet entered into force internationally.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport why the United Kingdom has not signed the convention relating to civil liability in the field of maritime carriage of nuclear material of 1971.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe United Kingdom already gives effect to the main provisions of the convention. To sign and ratify the convention would require complex amendments to existing legislation to no very obvious benefit.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many reported breaches there have been by signatory nations in each of the years since its introduction of the protocol on space requirements for special trade passenger ships of 1973;
(2) how many reported breaches there have been by signatory nations in each of the years since its introduction of the special trade passenger ships agreement of 1971;
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§ Mr. David MitchellNone. There is no provision in these instruments for breaches to be reported.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many reported breaches there have been by signatory nations in each of the years since its introduction of the international convention on civil liability for oil pollution damage of 1969.
§ Mr. David MitchellNone. The civil liability convention 1969 provides a legal liability regime, and does not provide any procedure for reporting breaches.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many reported breaches there have been by signatory nations in each of the years since its introduction of the protocol relating to intervention on the high seas in cases of pollution by substances other than oil of 1973;
(2) how many reported breaches there have been by signatory nations in each of the years since its introduction of the international convention relating to intervention on the high seas in cases of oil pollution casualties of 1969.
§ Mr. David MitchellI am not aware of any cases of improper use of the powers available to states under the 1969 convention or 1973 protocol on intervention on the high seas in cases of pollution casualties.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many reported breaches there have been by signatory nations in each of the years since its introduction of the convention on facilitation of international maritime traffic of 1965.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe facilitation convention 1965 provides for contracting states to report to the International Maritime Organisation any inability on their part to comply fully with standards of the convention and for the organisation to inform contracting Governments accordingly. The organisation has circulated information concerning notifications by 26 contracting states.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many reported breaches there have been by signatory nations in each of the years since its introduction of the international convention for the prevention of pollution from ships 1973.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe international convention for the prevention of pollution from ships 1973 came into force on 3 October 1983. The International Maritime Organisation has not circulated any reports from signatory nations listing breaches of the convention.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many reported breaches there have been by signatory nations in each of the years since its introduction of the international convention for the prevention of pollution of the sea by oil of 1954, as amended.
§ Mr. David MitchellSignatory nations are required to report violations or alleged violations of this convention, and the only figures available are for the five-year period 1977 to 1981. The figures for each year are 290 (1977), 343 (1978), 670 (1979), 664 (1980) and 484 (1981).
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§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many reported breaches there have been by signatory nations in each of the years since its introduction of the international convention for the safety of life at sea of 1974.
§ Mr. David MitchellRegulation 19, chapter I, of this convention requires signatory nations to report ships which are in breach of its provisions. Although it is not possible to say how many ships have been reported each year since the convention came into force in May 1980, figures circulated by the International Maritime Organisation show that a total of 912 ships had been reported up to October 1983.