Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 33
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Accepted in Part
Require Ministers to update Parliament on Clean Maritime Plan progress and commit to publication date
Recommendation
The delay in publication of the revised Clean Maritime Plan is highly undesirable, particularly in the light of recent intensification of international dialogues on maritime decarbonisation. Stakeholders understandably demand policy certainty before making substantial investment decisions on decarbonisation strategies. Ministers must therefore update Parliament as soon as possible in the next session on their progress in finalising the review of the Clean Maritime Plan, and commit to a date, not later than three months from the date of State Opening, by which the revision of the Plan will be 62 Net zero and UK shipping issued. The update to Parliament must set out the issues which the revised Plan will address, including the Government responses to all outstanding consultations and calls for evidence relevant to maritime decarbonisation. (Paragraph 206) Net zero and UK shipping 63
Government Response Summary
The government accepts this recommendation to publish the revised Clean Maritime Plan, stating it will do so 'shortly' and outlining its key contents including pathways, policy interventions, and timelines. However, it does not commit to the specific three-month deadline for publication or explicitly state when it will update Parliament before then.
Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government
Accepted in Part
The Government accepts this recommendation. The maritime decarbonisation strategy has a key role to play in providing much-needed certainty for the sector to unlock and accelerate investment in zero emissions shipping. The Government will look to publish this shortly and confirm that it will cover: • A pathway for the maritime sector to meet net zero, with interim goals for 2030 and 2040 which are both ambitious and achievable, • A range of policy interventions that will together deliver this pathway, • A framework for how the sector can support Government missions and the principles we will use as we develop specific policy interventions, • The timeline for delivery of interventions, and the opportunities for public and industry input in the detail and implementation of these interventions.