Mark Harper

  • Hands up on ML5! Industry welcome for ML5 climbdown

    Hands up on ML5! Industry welcome for ML5 climbdown

    5th April 2024

    Transport Secretary Mark Harper (pictured), who was ultimately responsible for the imposition of the ML5 medical certification requirements across the UK fishing fleet last year, admitted that he had ‘got it wrong’ at a meeting in Newlyn last week. The…

  • As ML5 deadline looms: “We have heard nothing”

    As ML5 deadline looms: “We have heard nothing”

    22nd November 2023

    It was promised in parliament on 13 July this year. After several postponements, Mark Harper, secretary of state for transport, finally met with Mike Cohen, the chief executive of the NFFO, on 25 October. The much-anticipated meeting was touted by…

  • Transport minister finally meets NFFO on MCA issues

    Transport minister finally meets NFFO on MCA issues

    1st November 2023

    NFFO Chief Executive Mike Cohen met Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper, Baroness Vere, the ministers charged with oversight of the MCA, the ministers’ political advisors and MCA staff last Thursday, in a long-planned, and much postponed, meeting, which…

  • Talk to us! Plea from NFFO as transport minister maintains silence on ML5

    Talk to us! Plea from NFFO as transport minister maintains silence on ML5

    12th September 2023

    The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO), which was in Westminster last week briefing MPs on various current issues around fishermen’s safety, made an impassioned plea to MPs asking them to engage with Mark Harper (pictured above), the secretary of…

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