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The Politics Show - Ship to Ship Oil Transfers

Residents in Suffolk hoped they would see an end to controversial oil transfers off their coast when, in the dying days of the Labour Government, a ban was introduced. Now a coalition rethink will make Sole Bay off Southwold the only place in the UK where the practice of piping oil from ship to ship is licensed in open waters. Deborah McGurran talked to Shipping Minister, Mike Penning.

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10 minutes