MPs to discuss Mulheim

The ship is being left to the mercy of the sea

The cost of clearing up waste from a stricken vessel which ran aground off the Cornwall - and who will pay for it - is to be discussed in Westminster.

On Tuesday afternoon Andrew George will meet with the transport minister, David Jamieson.

Mr George will also be calling for a maritime exclusion zone to be established around the Cornish coast.

Plastic from the RMS Mulheim continues to be washed up along Cornwall's beaches, more than two months since it ran aground on rocks near Land's End.

Speeded up

Mr George is also seeking assurances that the cost of the clean-up will not come from the public purse.

The Cornish MP says the Mulheim is a reminder of the dangers of shipping around Cornwall, and now wants action to establish an exclusion zone.

He also wants the inquiry into why the Mulheim ran aground to be speeded up.