HC Deb 08 February 2000 vol 344 c95W
25. Dr. Naysmith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the Government's plans for the shipping industry. [107331]

Mr. Hill

The Government set out its plans for the shipping industry in its policy paper "Charting a new course". It sets out 33 inter-related actions designed to secure the future of UK shipping.