§ Mr. Barry FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list those ports of registry in independent territories where he is proposing to reduce the ability to register ships or limit their tonnage; and if he will tabulate the proposed regulations port by port.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe territories which are to be required to restrict the type and size of ship which they will be allowed to register are the following dependent territories:
- Anguilla
- British Virgin Islands
- Montserrat
- Falkland Islands
- St. Helena
- Turks and Caicos Islands
There is only one port of registry in each territory. The registrations will be the same in each case and will ensure that no new restrictions will be allowed for ships subject to international convention safety standards. The territories concerned are preparing legislation to implement the relevant conventions—so that the Department of Transport's surveyors have a legal basis on which to inspect those few ships currently registered in the territories to which the international convention safety standards apply—and to restrict new registration to non-convention ships.