A question on #Boats #WasteDisposal tabled by Lord Teverson on 21-07-2025 has been answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock.

Heading: Boats: Waste Disposal
Question ID: 1825198
UIN: HL9722
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-07-21
Asking Member ID: 3789
Asking Member display name: Lord Teverson
Asking Member handle: lordtev
Asking Member Twitter reference: @lordtev
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have had of the approach by European nations, in particular France, to solving the issue of abandoned and derelict boats in rivers and estuaries.
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Date answered: 2025-07-30
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Answering Member ID: 4395
Answering Member display name: Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Answering Member handle: suehayman1
Answering Member Twitter reference: @suehayman1
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Answer text: End of life recreational vessels are recognised as a source of litter and pollution when abandoned. The UK is leading an action under the second OSPAR Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter, to improve the management of end-of-life recreational vessels. Th...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true