questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Chapter 7.2 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what discussions he is having with the Secretary of State for Transport on the rates for (a) training and (b) employment for UK resident civilian seafarers in the shipping industry.
answerText: The Government has endorsed the vision of the Strategic Defence Review and accepted all 62 of its recommendations, including those mentioned in Chapter 7.2. Implementation is underway as a priority and will be executed through a whole of UK Defence effort...
heading: Merchant Shipping: Training