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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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  • Address: Business and Trade Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

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