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Marine Environment: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with international counterparts to help protect marine environments.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
25 Nov 2024
Answer
2 Dec 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with international counterparts to help protect marine environments.

  2. 25 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Internationally, the UK continues to work to protect the marine environment. The United Nations Convention Law on the Sea is the legal framework for all activities in the ocean. The UK supports a moratorium by the International Seabed Authority on the gra...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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