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Deep Sea Mining

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the US President's Executive Order entitled Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and

answeredDr Ellie ChownsForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 20 May 2025
Target answer date: 22 May 2025
Answer: 2 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the US President's Executive Order entitled Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and
22 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Government notes the US Executive Order on 'Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources'. The UK is a party to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and is committed to the continued work of the International Seabed Authority (ISA)...

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