§ Mr. LoydenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if media representatives have been invited to be present on phase II of the expedition to the motor vessel Derbyshire; and if he will make a statement. [15158]
§ Mr. BowisWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution is discussing with the Discovery Channel the possibility of making a scientific and technical programme about the Derbyshire expedition.
§ Mr. LoydenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the names and expertise of the assessors taking part in phase II of the expedition to the MV Derbyshire; and if he will make a statement. [15159]
§ Mr. BowisThe assessors taking part in phase 2 of the return expedition to the wreck of the MV Derbyshire are Robin Williams, an independent consulting naval architect, who will act as chief scientist; Professor Douglas Faulkner; John Elder, professor and former head of the department of naval architecture and ocean engineering at Glasgow university; and Dr. Remo Torchio, a naval architect who is a consultant to RINA, the Italian classification society.