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P&O Ferries

Non-inquiry session

On 17 March, P&O Ferries made 800 seafarers redundant. This session will explore with academics, government agencies, unions, P&O Ferries management and BEIS and DfT ministers the potential legality of that decision and how the Government might respond. This is a joint evidence session conducted by the Transport Committee and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee.

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Past events

Thursday 24 March 2022
9:30am Public
P&O Ferries - Oral evidence 24 March 2022
9:30am
  • Professor Alan Bogg (Professor of Labour Law at University of Bristol)
  • Professor Jason Chuah (Professor of Commercial and Maritime Law at The City Law School)
  • Andrew Burns QC (Barrister at Devereaux Chambers)
10:00am
  • Mark Dickinson (General Secretary at Nautilus International)
  • Mike Lynch (General Secretary at National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers (RMT))
10:30am
  • Brian Johnson (Chief Executive at Maritime and Coastguard Agency)
  • Dean Beale (Chief Executive Officer at The Insolvency Service)
  • Katy Ware (Director at UK Maritime Services)
11:00am
  • Peter Hebblethwaite (Chief Executive at P and O Ferries)
  • Jesper Kristensen (Chief Operations Officer at DP World)
11:45am
  • Robert Courts MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Department for Transport)
  • Paul Scully MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
  • John Connell (Deputy Director for Maritime Operations at Department for Transport)
  • Michael Warren (Director of Labour Markets at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

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We receive a significant number of emails each day. All requests and invitations are considered but we do not respond directly to everyone. Please be aware, the committee does not look at individual cases or specific complaints.