Written question asked by Gwyn Prosser (Labour) on Thursday, 21 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 January 2010. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Thursday, 28 January 2010 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the legal advice he has obtained on the law of the sea and the application of the national minimum wage to seafarers working on foreign-flagged ships operating between two UK ports.
- Answer
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Lord Malloch-Brown, then Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, wrote to the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress on 24 July 2009, explaining the legal position regarding the application of the national minimum wage to seafarers working on foreign-flagged vessels in the territorial sea, including when operating between two UK ports.I am arranging for a copy of this letter to be placed in the Library.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 504 c1090W; 313368
- Session
- 2009-10
- Related items
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Deposited Paper DEP2010-0264
Thursday, 28 January 2010
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House of Lords
- Subjects
- Minimum wage Migrant workers Shipping
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