Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 110326

Arctic: Shipping

Tabled: 3 February 2026
Answered: 11 February 2026

Question

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UKRomford

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer on 8 December 2025 to Question 97994 on Artic: Shipping, what are the (a) command arrangements and (b) cost contributions for shared ice cutter capability in the British Antarctic Territor

Answer

Luke Pollard
The Ministry of Defence remains committed to supporting the UK's sovereign and wider interests in the Antarctic. HMS PROTECTOR routinely deploys to the Antarctic Peninsula supporting the UK's responsibilities to the Antarctic Treaty and the British Antarc...

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