Martin Linton asked the Leader of the House of Commons whether he would arrange for the Transport Secretary to come to the House to make a statement on navigational standards on the Thames. He went on to point out that the Battersea Bridge was still closed to traffic and that it is still legal to drive a barge in the Port of London without any training and without a licence.
Geoff Hoon replied saying that the the new boat master's licence for inland waterways, which will become law during 2006, will extend competency requirements to freight-carrying vessels in categorised waters.
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