Seafarers Awareness Week

EDM number 281 in 2013-14, proposed by Katy Clark on 19/06/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Employment, Industry, Pay, Shipping and Training.

That this House supports Seafarers Awareness Week 2013 on 24 to 30 June; notes that shipping accounts for 95 per cent by volume and 75 per cent by value of the UK's annual imports and exports; recognises the social, economic and historic value of the 12,610 officer, 9,330 rating and 2,160 officer cadet UK seafarers currently active at sea; expresses concern at the ongoing decline in the number of registered UK seafarers, with ratings alone having fallen by over 60 per cent in number in the last 30 years; further notes that UK seafarers account for under a quarter of the 20,145 seafarers employed on the 888 ships in the Tonnage Tax scheme, over half of which fly non-UK flags, including flags of convenience; further notes that the Tonnage Tax scheme has provided a tax rebate to shipping companies of at least

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.