Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 53744

Deep Sea Mining

Tabled: 20 May 2025

Answered: 2 June 2025

Question

Dr Ellie Chowns

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

Answer

Catherine West

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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