Question follow-through · 19806

Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ratify the Global Oceans Treaty.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
17 Dec 2024
Answer
17 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ratify the Global Oceans Treaty.

  2. 17 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Government is completely committed to ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement,...

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