§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 16 March 2000,Official Report, column 326W, if he will list the ships on the UK Register which have not replaced the lifejackets supplied by Bureau Venitas as directed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. [123382]
§ Mr. HillThe Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) issued a Press Release on 27 January 2000, requesting owners and operators of UK vessels to replace all Artica A and Artica B lifejackets, if carried. These were lifejackets manufactured by Messrs Canepa & Campi of Genoa and in respect of which Bureau Veritas had issued a certificate of Type Approval on behalf of the United Kingdom.
Owners were further requested to advise the MCA if their vessels carried these lifejackets and that changes had been made. To date no such reports have been received.