§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what consultation took place with Humber Pilots Limited on the time spent to complete an act of pilotage for the DTLR document, "The New Humber Pilotage Service"; and what the outcome of this consultation was; [62996]
(2) what the source of the statistic was that new very large ships pilots on the Humber have already done over 100 very large ships each on the DTLR document, "The New Humber Pilotage Service" (paragraph 3.21). [62997]
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§ Mr. Jamieson[holding answer 21 June 2002]: The information was obtained from detailed individual records maintained by the competent harbour authority, Associated British Ports.