Lords Arctic Committee to hear from experts on Arctic maritime safety

• Parliament TV: Watch the evidence session
• House of Lords Committee on the Arctic

The evidence sessions will start at 10:40am on Tuesday 21 October in Committee Room 1 of the House of Lords.

Witnesses

At 11.00am

• Rod Johnson, Former Chief Coastguard, Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Rear Admiral Tom Karsten RN, UK National Hydrographer and Deputy Chief Executive, UK Hydrographic Office
• Dr Richard Wood, Head of Oceans Cryosphere and Dangerous Climate Change, Met Office

At 12 noon via video link

• Vince Rigby, Chairman, Senior Arctic Officials of the Arctic Council

Areas of discussion

• The coverage of search and rescue services in the Arctic.
• The quality of weather and ice forecasting in the region and the possible impact of a large oil spill.
• The priorities and direction of the Arctic Council.
• What the impact of the Canadian Chairmanship of the Council will be both in the short and long term.
• Whether the Council has adequate funding and support from its Member States.
• The role that the UK can play as an Arctic Council observer.

Further Information

• About Parliament: Select Committees
• Visiting Parliament: Select Committees